The Lane 9 Podcast

Ashley Seruya, while pursuing her LMSW, is passionate about staying true to the roots of fat activism, and supporting the Health at Every Size® (HAES) movement. She produces doodles to explain concepts and constructs such as weight stigma, weight-based discrimination, fat activism, and thin privilege. On this episode, she joins me to dive into HAES principle 3: Respectful Care. 

More from Ashley: 

• Dear Thin Providers
• Ashley @cozibae on IG

More resources: 

• Association for Size Diversity and Health
• Weight Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics  (WIND)

Learn more about Weight Inclusive practices by joining a WIND event, or registering for our webinars!

Stay tuned for episodes diving into each principle of HAES®, and follow along for updates @RDRealTalk (your host, Heather Caplan), and via theRD Real Talk from the newsletter. 

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Questions? Reach out: RDRealTalk @ Gmail.com and your question may be added to our HAES® Q&A episode at the end of the series!

This podcast is produced by Liquid Sound Studios. 

Amee Severson, registered dietitian and HAES®-aligned practitioner, joins me to talk through HAES principle #2: Health Enhancement. There are a lot of layers to this, and I hope we did the topic at least a little bit of justice, addressing the many facets of health, and what "health enhancement" might mean to each individual.  

Fun fact, and a follow up on part of our discussion: In 2013, the American Medical Association's own Committee on Science and Public Health advised that ob*sity not be classified as a disease—meaning there wasn't enough science to support it. And, they noted, "It has no symptoms, and it’s not always harmful." The AMA disregarded this advice. You can read more about that here. 

Follow Amee Severson's work: @amee_RD (IG)

Prospernutritionandwellness.com

• A read from Amee: 5 Ways You Equate Diet With Health—And You're Wrong

More HAES resources: 

• Association for Size Diversity and Health
• Weight Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics  (WIND)

Learn more about Weight Inclusive practices by joining a WIND event, or registering for our webinars!

Stay tuned for episodes diving into each principle of HAES®, and follow along for updates @RDRealTalk (your host, Heather Caplan), and via the RD Real Talk from the newsletter. 

Have you left a review on Apple Podcasts yet? If not, please do! Click here and tap the stars.

Questions? Reach out: RDRealTalk @ Gmail.com and your question may be added to our HAES® Q&A episode at the end of the series!

This podcast is produced by Liquid Sound Studios. 

The second episode of our Health at Every Size® series dives into HAES® principle #1: Weight Inclusivity. 

Taylor Wolfram MS RD comes back on the podcast to discuss weight-inclusive practices, and what they really look like within nutrition, dietetics, and healthcare. On this podcast series, we're exploring each principle of HAES®, inspired by a series of Instagram posts Taylor published earlier this year. Check them out here. 

Weight-inclusive information: 

• The weight-inclusive versus weight-normative approach to health
• Variability of Body Weight and Health Outcomes in the Framingham Study
• Probability of an "Obese" Person Attaining a Normal Body Weight
• BMI and Health Risk Factors

More resources: 

• Association for Size Diversity and Health
• Weight Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics  (WIND)

Learn more about Weight Inclusive practices by joining a WIND event, or registering for our webinars!

Stay tuned for episodes diving into each principle of HAES®, and follow along for updates @RDRealTalk (your host, Heather Caplan), and via theRD Real Talk from the newsletter. 

Have you left a review on Apple Podcasts yet? If not, please do! Click here and tap the stars.

Questions? Reach out: RDRealTalk @ Gmail.com and your question may be added to our HAES® Q&A episode at the end of the series!

This podcast is produced by Liquid Sound Studios. 

Welcome to the RD Real Talk HAES® podcast series! It starts with this introduction episode, featuring an interview with Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani, aka Dr. G. She's a HAES®-aligned physician who specializes in the treatment, and medical management of, eating disorders. Dr. G is humble, honest, passionate, and knowledgeable with it comes to everything, but especially weight-inclusive, non-harming care for her patients. 

Learn more about Dr. G's work: 

• Gaudiani Clinic
• @GaudianiClinic (IG)
• Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders

More resources: 

• Association for Size Diversity and Health
• Weight Inclusive Nutrition and Dietetics  (WIND)

Learn more about Weight Inclusive practices by joining a WIND event, or registering for our webinars!

Stay tuned for episodes diving into each principle of HAES®, and follow along for updates @RDRealTalk (your host, Heather Caplan), and via theRD Real Talk from the newsletter. 

Have you left a review on Apple Podcasts yet? If not, please do! Click here and tap the stars.

Questions? Reach out: RDRealTalk @ Gmail.com and your question may be added to our HAES® Q&A episode at the end of the series!

This podcast is produced by Liquid Sound Studios. 

Nicola Salmon, a UK-based fat-positive fertility specialist, joins us to talk about her personal experiences becoming a mom, activism, and being an ally. We talk about why women deserve fat-positive, weight-inclusive fertility (and overall healthcare, of course). We take a hard look at the evidence, some of which we're still missing because the research world is still heavily weight-centric. And we review ways in which ALL of us can do better to support practitioners that are weight-inclusive. 

Follow Nicola's work: @FatPositiveFertility | FatPositiveFertility.com

The things we referenced:

• Nicola's free resource: The Fat Girl's Guide to Getting Pregnant
• "Exaggerating the Risks Again" via The Well-Rounded Mama
• "When You're Told You're Too Fat to Get Pregnant" by Virginia Sole-Smith for New York Times*
• A diagram "comparing 'maximal efficiency' outcomes in IVF" by Jess @HAES_StudentDoctor
• Advocating for weight-inclusive healthcare/assessing whether you'll receive fat-positive healthcare, by Nicola Salmon

Additional resources: 

1. A Review of Pregnancy in Women Over 35
2. Stigma in Practice: Barriers to Health for Fat Women
3. Weight-loss surgery and risk of pregnancy and birth complications

*Snippets from the article (though the full text is an important read): 

“In 1952, a pair of Boston physicians published a study in The New England Journal of Medicine titled “The Relation of Obesity to Menstrual Disturbances.” The authors surveyed 100 women between the ages of 16 and 40 who had been given diagnoses of menstrual disorders and compared their weights with a control group with no reproductive health issues. 43% of the patients with menstrual disorders weighed 20% or more than their “ideal weight,” compared with just 13% of the control subjects. Their findings, the authors concluded, gave ‘factual proof to the clinical impression of the association of obesity and menstrual disturbances.’”
A study done like this today would likely not go so far as to claim ‘factual proof’, but rather correlation with weight and menstrual disorders. However, it’s crucial to look at all of the factors, instead of zoning in on one (weight).  

“...data collected on 7,327 pregnancies from 1959 to 1965 --it took heavier women a median of one to two months longer to conceive, compared with women with B.M.I.s in the “normal weight” range. A 2015 study of 1,602 Italian women undergoing I.V.F. found that the bigger women were just as likely to get pregnant, but were more likely to miscarry. All in all, the research shows a correlating decline in successful pregnancy rates as B.M.I. rises.” (The latter is also true of age.)

“In comparison, a 2008 evidence review of the relationship between maternal age and stillbirth risk found that thinner women over 35 were also almost twice as likely to have a stillborn delivery compared with their younger counterparts.”

OTHER STUFF: 

Reach out with questions for the show, comments, or feedback anytime: RDRealTalk at Gmail.com 

Follow Heather Caplan's work: HeatherCaplan.com , @RDRealTalk

[Replay!] Jessica Jones, dietitian and co-host of Food Heaven podcast, joins me to chat about her career, and then, Whole30. January seems like the most popular time for people to "try" the Whole30, so we're here to try and help you avoid that path. I put out a call to social media, asking people why they've done the Whole30, and what they liked about it, to try and integrate various perspectives. 

Tune into our conversation to learn why Whole30 isn't the best way to adopt new habits like meal planning, trying new recipes, and eating to feel better. There are many other ways to do all of the above, without extreme food restrictions or rigid food rules. 

We address: meal planning, recipes, digestive issues, sugar addiction (or lack thereof), PCOS, and the hidden threat of deprivation. 

Most of the things we talked about:

• Food heaven show on YouTube, and the Food Heaven podcast
• “I guess the Whole30 is very much still a thing”, on my blog
• Marci Evans on Food Addiction: Food Pscyh & RD Real Talk (#26)
• “Why Fear of Sugar Addiction May Be More Toxic Than Sugar Is” by Rebecca Scritchfield RD
• PCOS Nutrition resources: Julie Duffy Dillon & Rachael Hartley

Other stuff:

Your host, Heather Caplan: HeatherCaplan.com, @heatherDCRD, @RDRealTalk

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Heather and Robyn keep this holiday-week episode simple, focusing on a listener question about how to handle social (and familial) food comparisons when eating. They provide intuitive eating, and mindfulness-based nutrition therapy tips for RDs and non-RDs alike. 

Disclaimer: Answers to listener questions are provided with the intent to help educate, inform, and give food for thought. These episodes are not meant to replace individual nutrition counseling or medical care. 

For a chance to get your question answered on an upcoming show, reach out anytime: RDRealTalk at gmail dot com. 

For more about each episode, go to heathercaplan.com/realtalk

Other stuff: 

Learn more about the Weight Inclusive Nutrition & Dietetics Events: weightinclusivenutrition.com

Your hosts: 

Heather Caplan RD : Twitter: @heatherDCRD, Instagram: @RDRealTalk

Robyn Nohling RD FNP: @thereal_lifeRD, Real Life Women's Health

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Robyn and Heather chat about two different existential RD crises today. One is a listener question about how to offer (or not offer) (un)solicited nutrition and health advice to people you love, the other a case of cognitive dissonance, fatigue, and career-choice-questioning. 

The post titled "I don't want to be a dietitian anymore" is the highest viewed blog on Heather's site, which led to a conversation about the comments, sentiments, and fatigue shared among those who have found this read. (And maybe that's you!) Hopefully this conversation offers some solace! 

Links to other things mentioned: 

• Robyn's private practice
• Heather's private practice
• Robyn's journey to FNP, RDN
• #INSPIRDtoSEEK (Haley Goodrich's community for RDs)
• Weight Inclusive Nutrition & Dietetics events 

Questions or requests for our next Q&A? Reach out, anytime: RDRealTalk @ Gmail.com

Other stuff:

Learn more about the Weight Inclusive Nutrition & Dietetics (WIND) Events: weightinclusivenutrition.com

Your hosts:

Heather Caplan RD : Twitter: @heatherDCRD, Instagram: @RDRealTalk

Robyn Nohling RD FNP: @thereal_lifeRD, https://thereallife-rd.com 

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Fiona Sutherland, APD RYT joins the podcast to talk about both the highs and lows of her path toward the non-diet approach (NDA). Fiona is a prolific provider with online and in-person resources for all types of clinicians, while she focuses on private practice, teaching, and sports nutrition. Fiona is heading to the United States this year, from her home base in Melbourne Australia, to provide the NDA to dietitians in Houston, Toronto, and of course, Washington DC! 

Listen to learn more about Fiona's career, why it's important to remain a student and open to learning, and where you can meet her this year!

Links: 

• Fiona Sutherland on Twitter and Instagram
• Fiona’s online resources for practitioners
• NDA workshop (in Washington DC, Houston, and Toronto)
• WIND Symposium
• WIND Webinars

Other stuff: 

Learn more about the Weight Inclusive Nutrition & Dietetics Events: weightinclusivenutrition.com

Your host, Heather Caplan: HeatherCaplan.com, @heatherDCRD, @RDRealTalk.

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RD Real Talk podcast friends, Kelly Jones MS RD and Kim Hoban RD, recently launched a new podcast, "Imperfect Health". I got to join them as their first guest, talking about all things postpartum. The three of us have been friends for years, and happened to become first-time-moms around the same time. I'm sharing the first episode here, but tune into Imperfect Health for Part 2! 

Other things discussed: 

• Weight inclusive nutrition and dietetics (WIND) symposium registration is open! Check out weightinclusivenutrition.com for more details about the event(s) and our speakers.  
• HAES podcast series coming to RD Real Talk soon! 

As always, don't hesitate to reach out with questions: [email protected] 

More about the Imperfect Health podcast: 

The show where two intuitive eating dietitians chat about fitting in fitness, nourishing our minds and bodies, raising our families and nurturing relationships; all while trying to achieve career goals, too. Join me and co-host Kelly Jones for fun, inspiring and informative conversations about Imperfect Health.