#64: Intuitive eating for Gen Z

with Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S

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In this episode we discuss…

  • Elyse’s background and work

  • how Elyse and Evelyn Tribole developed the concept of intuitive eating

  • the latest edition of the Intuitive Eating book and the importance of addressing diet culture, weight stigma, and social justice

  • a listener question about how to get her “angsty teen” daughters interested in intuitive eating

  • asserting autonomy as part of the developmental stage of adolescence

  • connecting eating and body image to social justice and oppression

  • the connection between racism and fatphobia

  • the connection between intuitive eating, building confidence, identifying values, and finding meaning

  • challenges to intuitive eating that are specific to the teen years

  • how parents can help teens connect to their inner wisdom

  • the importance of family meals and structure from parents around providing food

  • how a parent’s relationship with their body can impact a child

  • how Elyse helps teens connect to and thinking critically about diet culture

  • the benefits of intuitive eating even for those who don’t have a “problem”

  • elyse’s answer to the million dollar question

Elyse Resch - co-author of Intuitive Eating - answers a listener question about getting her teenager daughters interested in intuitive eating. We also discuss the newest updates to the intuitive eating model, understanding intuitive eating through a social justice lens rather than a nutrition lens, and a play-by-play of how Elyse helps teens think critically about diet culture.

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Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, Fiaedp, FADA, FAND is a nutrition therapist in private practice in Beverly Hills, California, with thirty-eight years of experience, specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and Health at Every Size. She is the author of The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens and the upcoming (2021) The Intuitive Eating Journal, the co-author of Intuitive Eating and The Intuitive Eating Workbook, a chapter contributor to The Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment, and has published journal articles, print articles, and blog posts. She also does regular speaking engagements, podcasts, and extensive media interviews. Her work has been profiled on NPR, CNN, KABC, NBC, KTTV, Los Angeles Times, AP Press, KFI Radio, USA Today, and the Huffington Post, among others. Resch is nationally known for her work in helping patients break free from diet culture through the Intuitive Eating process. Her philosophy embraces the goal of developing body positivity, with the belief that all bodies deserve dignity, and reconnecting with one’s internal wisdom about eating. She supervises and trains health professionals, is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor, a Fellow of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, and a Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Connect with Elyse on her website, instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

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