36: Cultivating Body Positivity in Kids
Nutrition Matters Podcast
Paige Smathers
4.4 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2016
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Episode 7 of the NMP Body Image Series is all about how we as adults can positively contribute to children's sense of self-worth through loving and appreciating their bodies. What we say and do MATTERS in a child's life whether we're a parent, aunt, uncle, neighbor, teacher or anything else. Join the discussion with Paige and Melissa Preston who is both a licensed professional counselor and registered dietitian who specializes in body image issues and eating disorders.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- Melissa Preston's website and blog: http://www.melissaprestoncounseling.com/
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| 1:00.6 | Hi everyone. Welcome to episode 36 of Nutrition Matters podcast. This is episode seven in the body image series and today we'll be talking about cultivating body positivity in |
| 1:06.6 | kids. So today I've invited a really special guest to be with me. I'm really excited to talk with her |
| 1:13.8 | and have this conversation. I think it's such an important thing to talk about. So I've invited Melissa |
| 1:19.9 | Preston to be with us. Melissa is a licensed professional counselor and registered dietitian in |
| 1:26.6 | private practice in Denver, Colorado. |
| 1:29.5 | She provides a fusion of counseling and nutrition in her practice as she works primarily with |
| 1:35.8 | people struggling in the areas that we talk about all the time on this podcast. So she works |
| 1:40.2 | with people primarily working through eating disorders, body image issues, etc. In addition to |
| 1:46.3 | her private practice, she also strives to be an advocate for people with eating disorders and body |
| 1:50.6 | image struggles and is a guest speaker at local universities, high schools, and conferences. |
| 1:56.0 | In addition, Melissa writes, she blogs about topics relating to eating disorders and body image and the social |
| 2:04.1 | influences that lead to eating disorders. So you can find her at Melissa Prestoncounseling.com, |
| 2:11.1 | and I will link to that in the show notes. So Melissa, welcome to Nutrition Matters podcast. |
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