The Hunger Trap Podcast

Lisa and Diana face the harsh realities of learning what it is like to live with and love a person who struggles with food by listening to spouses' perspectives. Originally released 2/22/21.

Beginning the week of July 4, 2021 Lisa and Diana will finish out Season 1 of The Hunger Trap by alternating between an encore episode and a new release throughout the summer. Join us in early September 2021 for Season 2, and thanks for listening.

This week Diana and Lisa caught up with Dr. Natasha Larmie, AKA The Fat Doctor UK, to discuss anti-fat bias in the medical community, her activism around weight-inclusive care, and how patients can advocate for themselves in the face of weight-based discrimination at the doctor's office.

Diana and Lisa talk to Dr. Jason Nagata, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, about why adolescence is a fragile time when many eating disorders first surface, how an increase in screen time contributes, and how a lack of research is hurting a growing number of boys and young men suffering from eating disorders.

Diana and Lisa talk candidly with a mom whose teenage daughter is currently seeking treatment for an eating disorder. They explore the mental, emotional, and financial toll an ED has on the family, as well as mom guilt, teen dieting trends, and how the stress of the pandemic contributed to the issues.

Diana and Lisa revisit the popular TV show Friends in light of its reunion and do a deep dive on Botox, fillers, damaging weight-related stereotypes, and what responsibility (if any) women have to be role models for other women. While the duo have differing opinions of Friends, they both agree that '90s TV was sometimes a shit show.

Diana and Lisa catch up with Zoe Klein, MSW, RSW, to talk about the intersection of female sexual appetite and the enjoyment of food, how both are policed in our society, the role pornography plays, and just why there are so many damn photos of half-naked women eating spaghetti.

Bea is in her sixties and worked for one of the most popular commercial diet programs on the planet for many years. She reveals to Diana and Lisa how her body image challenges led her to the company, what their expectations were of workers, and the emotional toll that working in the weight loss industry had on her.

Lisa and Diana chat with Jennifer Ophir, a renowned chef, food stylist, culinary producer, and recipe developer, about her experiences cooking in some of New York City's hottest kitchens, including the Michelin-star awarded Perry Street, while also struggling with an eating disorder. Jennifer shares about how the grueling hours and tense atmosphere "on the line" fueled her own struggles with food and body image, and how she now strives to balance her passion for cooking with her own well-being.

Registered Dietitian and body and gender activist Lindsay Birchfield explains how gender dysphoria, barriers to medical treatment, and media are contributing to skyrocketing eating disorder rates in the transgender and non-binary communities. They touch on the struggles so many face, the importance of nutritional support during hormone therapy, and how medical practitioners can become better allies.