Episode #66: A different way to look at food, nutrition and body size with Molly Roberts
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In today’s episode, Rhonda talks with special guest, Molly Roberts, about other ways to think about food that don’t involve dieting. Diet culture is an all-consuming way to live - and we don’t want anyone to live their whole lives questioning what diet to do next. What Molly does, and the approach she takes, will be so helpful for many folks to learn about.
“I just don’t think it’s fair that 80 year olds go on diets”
- Molly Roberts
Molly Roberts is a mom, partner and Registered Dietitian building healthy relationships with food. With over 25 years of experience in nutrition counseling and group programs, Molly offers weight inclusive care to people seeking to make peace with food and their body. Molly is a Registered Dietitian and a Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor. Having discovered new ways of thinking about nutrition, she continues to study the concept of Body Trust and also eating disorders. Molly works towards two goals: Food justice in the form of food security for everyone in Guelph, Ontario and sharing the ideas of Health At Every Size with people.
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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN EPISODE
Check out Rhonda's Black Friday 50% off Sale of Strong at Home Winter
10 Principles of Intuitive Eating
Learn more about Health at Every Size
Follow Alex Light on Instagram - examples of diet-culture from the past
PODCAST LINKS & RESOURCES
Check out Rhonda’s FREE Resource Library
Pelvic Health and Fitness Podcast
Book with Dayna (Rebirth Wellness)
SHOW NOTES:
(0:49) - Check out Rhonda's Black Friday 50% off Sale of Strong at Home Winter
(2:45) - An introduction to special guest: Molly Roberts!
(4:06) - Molly tells us what led her to becoming a dietician and intuitive eating counselor
(6:27) - What led to Molly transitioning into intuitive eating and body trust after years of experience being a registered dietitian?
(7:44) - What IS intuitive eating?
(8:45) - What is Molly’s definition of diet culture, and how does she see it showing up in the nutrition and fitness world?
(13:15) - How you can care for your health, while eating intuitively and not dieting
(16:18) - What body trust means to Molly, and how she helps clients find it
(21:16) - A reclamation of the word “fat”
(26:18) - We can’t talk about intuitive eating without also acknowledging privilege. Some folks may not have the same access to food as others. Poverty and food insecurity are real things. Molly talks with us a bit about that, and how she talk about intuitive eating keeping this in mind
(31:46) - Molly shares with us about Health at Every Size
(39:43) - People aren’t eating enough for optimal health
(41:46) - Weight stigma in the medical field, and how Molly recommends we approach relationships with family doctors who are weight-focused, instead of whole health-focused
(46:58) - If someone is struggling with food and their body and they don’t know where to go next, what kind of advice would Molly give them?
(50:15) - One thing that Molly wants to leave listeners with today…
(51:20) - Episode wrap up