Amee Severson joins Paige to talk about her own history of fearing food and explains how she worked through it.
177: What to do if You're Afraid of Food
Nutrition Matters Podcast
Paige Smathers
4.4 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Amee is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist whose work focuses on body positivity, fat acceptance, and intuitive eating through a social justice lens.
With a mission to break the stereotype that all RD’s live in small bodies and only eat certain foods, Amee cultivates rebellion and liberation on social media, showcasing the possibility for health and happiness in any body. Amee encourages the belief that food can be enjoyed without guilt or shame. She believes that recovery from disordered eating is possible for everyone and that every person deserves to feel trust in their body. Amee doesn’t believe in one-size-fits-all nutrition and health, so she works with clients to make health and nutrition fit into their current life, not the other way around.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition from Montana State University, is a dietitian registered in the State of Washington, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.
Links mentioned:
- Amee's website: https://www.prospernutritionandwellness.com/
- Positive Nutrition® Academy: online courses and webinars
- Positive Nutrition Blog
- Follow Paige on Instagram
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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 |
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| 1:22.4 | Thank you so much for listening. |
| 1:24.9 | Hi, everyone. |
| 1:25.8 | Welcome back to Nutrition Matters podcast. My name is Paige and I'm |
| 1:29.3 | your host and today I am sharing a conversation I had with Amy Severson, who is a dietitian |
| 1:36.8 | with really important ideas around fear of food and really important lived experience around that as well. |
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