#241: COVID-19, Disordered Eating, and the Social Determinants of Health with Patrilie Hernandez, Body-Liberation and Health At Every Size Activist
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Body-liberation activist Patrilie Hernandez joins us to discuss how COVID-19 is highlighting health disparities in America; why social determinants of health are more important than individual behaviors; how dieting could worsen COVID-19; the role of intuitive eating, Health At Every Size®, and social justice in her eating-disorder recovery and in her career; and so much more. Plus, Christy answers a listener question about cravings for sweets during the pandemic.
Patrilie (she/they) is a nutrition and health specialist with over 12 years of professional experience in education, advocacy and policy-making revolving around food, nutrition, and health. After being diagnosed with an eating disorder in 2017, Patrilie has focused on recovering and healing from diet culture, fatphobia, disordered eating, and negative body image. She uses her own journey towards Body Liberation to turn the local health and nutrition community on its head (disrupt the status quo) and advocate for a weight-neutral paradigm in health and educational settings. Find them online at EmbodyLib.com.
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| 0:17.3 | Welcome to Food Psych, a podcast about intuitive eating, health at every size, body liberation, |
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| 0:26.8 | I'm your host christieherison and I'm an anti-diet registered dietitian, certified intuitive |
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| 0:47.3 | peace with food and their bodies. |
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| 1:25.7 | Hey there, welcome to episode 241 of Food Psych. |
| 1:29.9 | I'm your host christieherison and today I'm talking with body liberation activists patrilly |
| 1:34.2 | Hernandez about how COVID-19 is highlighting health disparities in America. |
| 1:39.9 | Why social determinants of health are more important than individual behaviors? |
| 1:44.6 | How dieting could worsen COVID-19? |
| 1:47.7 | The role of intuitive eating, health at every size, and social justice, and patrilly's eating |
| 1:52.7 | disorder recovery and in her career, and so much more. |
| 1:56.4 | I can't wait to share a conversation with you in just a moment. |
| 1:59.2 | First I just want to give a quick content warning for the interview portion of this episode |
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