145: Bodies & Modesty in Mormonism: the Complexities of a Religious Culture & Body Image

Nutrition Matters Podcast

Paige Smathers

Weightloss, Eatingdisorder, Kids & Family, Eating, Nutritionist, Nutrition, Health, Dietitian, Health & Fitness, Recovery, Food, Mindfulness

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Lexie and Lindsay Kite, PhD of Beauty Redefined® joined Paige on the podcast to talk about a topic that they've been outspoken about since the inception of their non-profit: modesty and Mormon culture (also known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).

All three of us get this question a lot: does Utah have a particularly higher rate of eating and/or body image issues than the rest of the US? We explore this question and more together in this episode. It's a nerve wracking topic to explore (in fact, Lexie had hives all throughout the recording process) but we did our best to do this complicated and important topic justice and look at all sides of the coin.

Lindsay and Lexie have a nuanced way of viewing modesty rhetoric which has benefits for women and girls as well as men and boys. Since religion and culture are often intertwined, we discussed the experience of body image through the lens of a faith tradition that's prominent in the Intermountain West and throughout the world in an effort to explore a topic that has even wider cultural implications for folks in any religious or cultural community.

Links mentioned:

Lexie and Lindsay's website: https://beautyredefined.org/
Buy tickets for the Body of Evidence workshop on April 4, 2019
Beauty Redefined's body image curriculum for church groups
Mindful Eating Workshop online course
Subscribe to keep in touch
Positive Nutrition for Life: Heal Your Relationship with Food online course
Positive Nutrition 101: The Science of Nutrition without the Gimmicks online course
Donate to the podcast
Positive Nutrition Blog
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0:00.0	You're listening to Nutrition Matters podcast with Paige Smathers, registered dietitian nutritionist.
0:06.7	Nutrition Matters podcast explores how to approach food and your body in a whole new way.
0:12.2	I interview people who share stories and expertise in rejecting diet culture, making peace with food,
0:17.9	and discovering a more positive, realistic, and sustainable approach
0:22.0	to health and well-being. I'm Paige Smathers, registered dietitian, nutritionist, and owner of
0:27.9	positive nutrition, an in-person nutrition therapy practice in Salt Lake City, Utah. I offer
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0:55.3	I also offer online courses covering topics like the science of nutrition, mindfulness,
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1:16.9	You can also find me on Instagram or Facebook if you'd like to have a little more food for thought at Paige Smathers-R-D.
1:22.4	Thank you so much for listening.
1:25.2	Hello and welcome to Nutrition Matters podcast. My name is Paige and I'm your
1:30.2	host and I'm thrilled to be here with you today. Hey, I wanted to give a little intro and kind of
1:37.3	help to set the stage for this conversation I had with Lexi and Lindsay Kite. We are thrilled
1:43.4	to announce that we are going to be collaborating on
1:47.0	an evening workshop in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 4th from 630 to 9 o'clock. We're also doing
1:54.9	this with Jesse Hoffman, who many of you might know from previous podcast episodes.
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