#317: Rethinking Wellness: The Wellness to Woo Pipeline and the Kids in the Long Shadow of Clean Eating with Laura Thomas
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison
Food Psych Programs, Inc.
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Nutritionist and author Laura Thomas joins us to discuss what it’s like for kids living in the long shadow of “clean eating,” the “almond mom” trend on TikTok, the "wellness to woo pipeline," how parents and caregivers can let go of wellness-culture beliefs about food for themselves and their kids, and more.
Laura Thomas is an anti-diet Registered Nutritionist. Her clinical work focuses on supporting parents and families to end intergenerational dieting and body shame, and work towards a greater sense of embodiment and ease in their relationship with food. She supports families of children experiencing a wide range of feeding and eating challenges, such as concerns with weight, very selective eating, food preoccupation, and other feeding and eating differences. Laura also runs the newsletter, podcast, and community Can I Have Another Snack? on Substack, where she is exploring bodies, appetite, and identity with a focus on parenting. She is the author of two books: Just Eat It and How To Just Eat It.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Food Psych is actually an episode of my new podcast, |
| 0:03.4 | Rethinking Wellness, which explores the diet culture, |
| 0:06.5 | disinformation, dubious diagnoses, and disordered eating at the heart of contemporary wellness culture, |
| 0:12.9 | and how to break free and find true well-being. |
| 0:16.3 | Listen wherever you're listening to this by searching for rethinking wellness with Christi Harrison, |
| 0:20.6 | and subscribe to get it in your inbox every other week by going to rethinkingwellness.substac.com. |
| 0:26.9 | Hope you enjoy! |
| 0:30.0 | Hey there, welcome back to Rethinking Wellness. |
| 0:49.5 | I'm Christi, and my guest today is Laura Thomas, |
| 0:53.3 | an anti-diet registered nutritionist and author of the books Just Eat It, |
| 0:57.4 | and how to Just Eat It. |
| 0:59.5 | We talked about so much in this conversation, |
| 1:01.6 | including how wellness influencers often shame parents into feeding their kids in restrictive ways, |
| 1:07.8 | what it's like for kids living in the long shadow of clean eating, |
| 1:12.2 | the almond mom trend on TikTok, how parents and caregivers can let go of wellness culture beliefs about food for themselves and their kids, |
| 1:21.0 | and lots more. |
| 1:22.5 | I love this conversation, and I can't wait to share it with you in just a moment. |
| 1:26.3 | Before I do a few quick announcements, |
| 1:28.9 | if you like this show and want to help support it, |
| 1:31.3 | I'd be so grateful if you'd subscribe, rate, and review. |
| 1:34.8 | You can do that wherever you're listening to this, |
| 1:37.2 | and you can also get it as a newsletter in your email inbox every other week, |
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