Intuitive eating, the popular new anti-diet philosophy, recommends serving candy with dinner and letting kids eat whenever and whatever they want. Is this hands-off approach the best way to escape toxic diet culture? Or … is intuitive eating just another food fad? 

Guests: 

Dr. Janet Lydecker, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine. She’s a researcher but also works directly with adolescents suffering from eating disorders. 

Emily Hohman, an assistant research professor at the Center for Childhood Obesity Research at Penn State University.

Elyse Resch, one of the two American nutritionists who coined the phrase "intuitive eating."

Mentioned in this episode: 

Virginia Sole Smith and her book Fat Talk

Amee Seversen and Sumner Brooks, authors of a book called How to Raise an Intuitive Eater.

The report from the National Health Examination Survey that shows children ages 2 to 19 get  67% of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods. 

The infamous Clara Davis study that we've talked about several times on this podcast. 

The extraordinary science of addictive junk food, including the story behind Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. 

The Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin Swirl Frozen Coffee which has 930 calories and 167 grams of added sugars. 

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