Registered dietitian Rebecca Scritchfield helps us explore why families might want to practice “body kindness” and self-compassion. We discuss the importance of detaching health and wellbeing from weight, and how parents (and their children) can identify self care practices that work best for them.

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Dr. Stuart Murray and Dr. Jason Nagata join us for a conversation about how body image concerns and eating disorders impact boys. We discuss appearance ideals for males, and how this leads disordered eating to manifest differently in this population - and often go unrecognized.

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Dr. Cynthia Bulik shares insights from the research on the genetics of eating disorders. We discuss how parents can create a buffering environment to navigate the genetic factors that impact a child's risk of developing an eating disorder.

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Dr. Sasha Gorrell joins us to discuss how parents can help their children develop healthy relationships with movement, sports, and exercise. She draws on both her research and her own experience as a professional dancer to illuminate risk factors and strategies for parents.

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Physician Dr. Carly Guss and researcher Dr. Sabra Katz-Wise join us for a conversation about the unique risks for disordered eating and body image concerns faced by transgender and gender nonconforming youth. We also discuss the importance of reframing body positivity as body neutrality in this context.

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Clinical psychologist Dr. Rebecca Kennedy draws on her work as a psychotherapist and parenting coach to help us understand what a nonjudgmental stance looks and sounds like. We discuss the benefits for children when their parents take this stance, and three steps you can put in place today to begin practicing.

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Registered dietitian and eating disorder expert Melainie Rogers joins us for a conversation about orthorexia, which occurs when a preoccupation with healthy eating becomes extreme and debilitating. We discuss why orthorexia can be easily missed, signs parents can look for, and steps parents can take to help lower their child’s risk.

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Research scientist Dr. Eric Stice introduces us to his findings on eating disorder risk factors, including the role of the “thin ideal.” We discuss the Body Project, an intervention that successfully reduces risk for onset of eating disorders and has been implemented worldwide. Dr. Stice helps us explore how parents can fight the thin ideal and apply lessons from the Body Project in their own families.

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Psychologist Dr. Lauren Muhlheim helps us understand the Health at Every Size® paradigm and the value of building a united front against diet culture. We discuss strategies and possible challenges for uniting with pediatricians, teachers, extended family members, and other care providers in the body-positive parenting approach.

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Physician Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani draws on her extensive experience providing medical care for people with eating disorders to help us understand why puberty is vulnerable time for young people when it comes to developing disordered eating and body image concerns. We discuss what parents can do to help adolescents in this time period, particularly when it comes to navigating the doctor’s office and changing bodies.

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