Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Dr. Lisa Folden, a licensed physical therapist, NASM certified behavior change specialist and Anti-diet Health & Body Image Coach.

They discuss:

• The importance of positive messaging around bodies and the process of self-acceptance.
• The dangers of dieting, the impact diet messaging can have on kids, and what diet culture takes away from us.
• Her role as a weight inclusive physical therapist helping individuals gain strength, improve flexibility, improve bone density, and safely participate in joyful movement.
• The harm we often do to our bodies in the name of health.
• The benefits of shifting focus from weight loss to self-acceptance.
• The first steps mothers can take to shift their focus from dieting to begin accepting their bodies.

Links: 

• Dr. Lisa Folden
• Healthy PhiT Physical Therapy and Wellness Consultants
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Dr. Lisa N. Folden is a North Carolina licensed physical therapist, NASM certified behavior change specialist and Anti-diet Health & Body Image Coach. She also owns Healthy Phit Physical Therapy & Wellness Consultants in Charlotte, NC. 

As a body positive women’s health expert and health at every size (HAES®️) ambassador, Dr. Folden assists women seeking healthier lifestyles. Her weight-neutral approach encourages intuitive eating, body acceptance and breaking up with toxic diet culture. 

Dr. Lisa is a mom of three, published author and speaker who understands the complex needs of the modern busy woman and mom. Therefore, her goal is to see as many people as possible living their best lives without worrying about their weight!

A regular contributor to articles on topics related to physical therapy, health, wellness, self-care, motherhood, body image and fat-friendly healthcare, Dr. Folden has had the distinct honor of being featured in Oprah Magazine, Shape Magazine, Livestrong, Bustle and several other publications. Additionally, she is a member of the National Association of Black Physical Therapists, the Association of Size Diversity & Health, The KNOW Women and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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Anna M. and Anna L. chat with Emily Arkin, a Washington, D.C.-based registered dietitian nutritionist. Emily owns the group practice RD Emily & Team and specializes in eating disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, and Health At Every Size®-aligned medical nutrition therapy.

They discuss:

• Probiotics -- what are they and when they can be helpful (if at all).
• 💩-related complaints -- what can cause these issues, and when someone should be concerned.
• What a parent can do and say if their child expresses feelings of gastrointestinal pain, and when they should seek help.
• The intersection of gastrointestinal issues and eating disorders -- the kinds of gastro issues that co-occur with eating disorders and the best way to manage if an adolescent is in recovery from, or still struggling with an eating disorder.

Links: 

• RD Emily & Team
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Emily Arkin, MS, RD, LD is a Washington, D.C.-based registered dietitian nutritionist.  She owns the group practice Rd Emily & Team and specializes in eating disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, and Health At Every Size®-aligned medical nutrition therapy.  Emily has worked at IOP/PHP levels of care for eating disorder treatment. She’s also part of Dietitians in Gluten and Gastrointestinal Disorders (DIGID), under which she contributes to the “Disordered Eating” working group that develops MNT resources for GI dietitians who encounter eating disorders in their practice. Emily cares deeply about helping clients rediscover joy in food and improve their health through a non-diet approach.

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Anna, Anna and Elizabeth discuss how a proliferation of problematic and sometimes outright false nutrition information on social media makes it increasingly difficult for parents and teens to discern good nutrition information from bad.

We discuss: 

• The problem with popular accounts that claim they’re anti-diet, weight inclusive, and aligned with Responsive Feeding, but a closer look reveals that their content is not actually aligned with these principals. 
• How brief sound bites such as those on Tik Tok and IG Reels aren’t sufficient to provide feeding advice.
• The problem with messages suggesting that some foods are better than others, and the negative impact this can have on parents and kids.
• How encouraging parents to talk to children about food in ways that are not age appropriate only serves to confuse kids.

Links: 

• Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith
• The Kid’s Standing in Clean Eating’s Shadow by Laura Thomas
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

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Anna and Elizabeth chat with Leslie Jordan Garcia, a multi-certified anti-diet eating disorder recovery and wellness practitioner.

They discuss:

• The challenges that parents face when feeding their families such as differing needs and weight stigma from health professionals.
• The specific obstacles parents with a history of an eating disorder or disordered eating face when feeding their family.
• Advice for simplifying mealtime when parents are juggling the different needs of family members.
• Some concrete steps that might help feeding your family less stressful.

Links: 

• Leslie Jordan Garcia
• Leslie On Instagram
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Leslie Jordan Garcia, MBA, MPH, Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Specialist, is a multi-certified ED recovery and wellness professional who works with individuals and organizations to unlearn ineffective thought and behavior patterns, unleash their potential, and live with unlimited joy starting with what goes into your belly. She holds dual master’s degrees in business administration and public health, with a career across healthcare, education, and non-profit sectors. She feels fortunate to combine her expertise with the additional lived experience at the intersections of binge eating disorder recovery and life in a larger body. 

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Catherine Lea, a longtime food educator in public schools, and creator of Stir The Pot Kitchen, an online space where kids learn cooking skills.

They discuss:

• Positive ways to teach children about food.
• The benefits of cooking and learning about food preparation for kids.
• Some barriers for parents involving their children in food preparation. 
• Some easy ways to get preschool-age and elementary-age children involved in the kitchen, and some age appropriate tasks for them.

Links: 

• Stir the Pot Kitchen
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Catherine Lea is a longtime food educator in public schools, and has spent years in various roles in the food industry. Catherine has a Masters Degree in Food Studies from New York University, and is a lifelong student of our food system. Stir The Pot Kitchen is a welcoming online space where kids have fun, learn cooking skills, explore new flavors, and build a positive relationship to food.

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 Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Christy Harrison, a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified intuitive eating counselor. Christy is the author of a new book, coming in April 2023, The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being.

They discuss:

• The definition of wellness culture, how it differs from diet culture, and how the two are connected. 
• The rise of wellness culture and what led to food and exercise becoming a large part of the tenets of wellness culture.
• How wellness culture is an entry to disordered eating, and the ways in which this can affect new parents.
• How wellness culture impacts kids and teens.
• Advice for listeners to protect themselves and their kids and teens from wellness culture.

Links: 

• Christy Harrison
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS is a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified intuitive eating counselor. She’s the author of The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being (coming in April 2023) and Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating. Christy is also the coauthor, with psychotherapist Judith Matz, of The Making Peace with Food Card Deck.

Christy is the producer and host of two podcasts, Rethinking Wellness and Food Psych, which have helped tens of thousands of listeners around the world think critically about diet and wellness culture and develop more peaceful relationships with food. 

In addition to her media work, Christy offers online courses and private intuitive eating coaching to help people all over the world make peace with food and their bodies. 

Christy began her career in 2003 as a writer and editor covering food, nutrition, and health, and she’s written for publications including The New York Times, SELF, BuzzFeed, WIRED, Refinery29, Gourmet, Slate, The Food Network, and many others. Her work has been covered in numerous outlets including The Washington Post, Health, and TODAY. Learn more about Christy and her work at christyharrison.com.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport chat with Virginia Sole-Smith, a journalist and author of the recently published book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, that investigates how the “war on childhood obesity” has caused kids of all ages to absorb a daily onslaught of body shame from peers, school, diet culture, and parents themselves — and offers research-based strategies to help parents name and navigate the anti-fat bias that infiltrates our schools, doctor’s offices and family dinner tables.

They discuss:

• What prompted Virginia to write her book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture. 
• Where the idea that parents are responsible for their child’s weight comes from, and how it is harmful, especially to nonwhite populations.
• How weight bias impacts kids and parents, and how parents can advocate for their children at appointments. 
• How the impact of dads’ relationships with food and exercise is seldom discussed and seldom researched.
• The prevalence of diet culture in school, sports, and other activities, and ways  parents can advocate for their kids when they experience anti-fat bias and diet culture in these environments.
• Some things parents can do to make their home a safe space from diet culture, particularly for those to whom challenging diet culture and anti-fat bias is new.

Links: 

• Virginia Sole-Smith
• Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

As a journalist, Virginia Sole-Smith has reported from kitchen tables and grocery stores, graduated from beauty school, and gone swimming in a mermaid’s tail. Virginia’s latest book, Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, investigates how the “war on childhood obesity” has caused kids of all ages to absorb a daily onslaught of body shame from peers, school, diet culture, and parents themselves — and offers research-based strategies to help parents name and navigate the anti-fat bias that infiltrates our schools, doctor’s offices and family dinner tables. Virginia began her career in women’s magazines, alternatively challenging beauty standards and gender norms, and upholding diet culture through her health, nutrition and fitness reporting. Motherhood inspired a reckoning of harm caused, and led to her first book, The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America, in which Virginia explored how we can reconnect to our bodies, and our own innate understanding of how to eat, in a culture that’s constantly giving us so many mixed messages about both those things. Virginia is a frequent contributor to the New York Times. Her work also appears in the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and many other publications. She writes the newsletter Burnt Toast, where she explores fatphobia, diet culture, parenting and health, and also hosts the Burnt Toast Podcast. Virginia lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, two daughters, a cat, a dog, and way too many houseplants.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Emiko Davies, an award-winning Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and cookbook author based in Italy.

They discuss:

• Emiko’s experience growing up in an anti-diet household.
• Ways to navigate cooking for a family when one (or more) member of the family is a picky eater.
• Some low-pressure, fun food exposures that can be helpful for kids who are picky eaters.
• The importance of having at least one ‘safe’ food at meals when a picky eater is at the table.
• How encouraging and cheering when eating can lead to feelings of shame for kids if they don’t eat the food on their plate.
• Ways to support children in bodies of all sizes. 
• Meals Emiko typically cooks for her family.

Links: 

• Emiko Davies
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Emiko Davies is an award-winning Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and cookbook author based in Italy. Growing up in a diplomatic family, she spent most of her life living in countries other than her own, from China to the USA. After graduating from art school, she ended up in Florence, Italy, in 2005 to study art restoration and fell in love with a Tuscan sommelier. They have recently renovated a new home in a charming hilltop village between Florence and Pisa and will open their own space for sharing food and natural wine experiences in San Miniato in April 2023.

Emiko has written five cookbooks, Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence (March 2016 and a new edition in November 2020), Acquacotta (March 2017 and a new edition in February 2023), Tortellini at Midnight (March 2019), Torta della Nonna (March 2021), Cinnamon & Salt (April 2022), published by Hardie Grant. In October 2023 her sixth book, Gohan, which is about the Japanese cuisine of her upbringing, will be published by Smith Street Books.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Ginny Jones, the founder of More-Love.org, and a parent coach who helps parents of kids with body image issues, eating issues, and eating disorders.

They discuss:

• How parents can support children in larger bodies. 
• The impact on children of public health programs and initiatives such as school nutrition curriculum, posters, media focusing on weight, and messaging in doctor’s offices, that are inherently weight-biased.
• Advice for parents of larger bodied children who might be concerned about their child’s weight and eating.
• Ways to navigate comments from other parents, family members, or healthcare professionals who judge parenting through a weight-biased lens. 
• Things a parent can do or say if their child expresses concern about their body, or asks if they’re fat.
• How parents and caregivers can promote weight inclusivity and body positivity in their homes.

Links: 

• More Love Website
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Ginny Jones is the founder of More-Love.org and a parent coach who helps parents of kids with body image issues, eating issues, and eating disorders. Ginny recovered from a longtime eating disorder and has spent the past decade immersed in research related to child psychology, neurobiology, parenting, and eating disorders. Her unique approach to supporting parents is based on lived experience, research, training, and interviews with hundreds of professionals, people who have/had eating disorders, and parents. Her mission in life is to empower parents to help their children avoid and recover from disordered eating and negative body image.

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Anna Lutz and Anna Mackay have a conversation with Nicole Cruz, a Registered Dietitian specializing in eating disorder recovery, intuitive eating, and family nutrition.

They discuss:

• Age-appropriate nutrition education, and how to talk to kids about “health”.
• Strategies to deal with adults (eg. teachers, pediatricians, nurses, coaches, family members) who speak about food in an unhelpful way in front of your kids.
• Managing situations where a child seems interested in eating only a small selection of foods, refuses to eat vegetables or fruit, or outright rejects a prepared meal.
• Whether sugar is really as worrisome as diet culture makes it out to be.
• When a parent might want to consider reaching out for professional support for their child.

Links: 

• Support the Podcast -- Virtual “Tip Jar”!
• Nicole Cruz
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Nicole Cruz is an anti-diet registered dietitian, specializing in eating disorder recovery, intuitive eating, and family nutrition. Nicole studied Nutrition and Dietetics at California State University, Northridge where she received both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She has worked in various eating disorder and substance abuse treatment facilities and now works solely in her private practice. Nicole is devoted to helping others overcome their struggles with food and body image issues to live a more fulfilling life.

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