Today’s interview is with Virginia Sole-Smith, author of the brand-new book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture. Virginia writes the Substack Burnt Toast and is also the author of The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America. In this episode, we’re chatting about how body ideals interrupt the task of raising kids to have a healthy relationship with food, how the Division of Responsibility can be co-opted into a diet, how to get dads on board with the anti-diet movement and more. Find out more about Virginia here and follow her on Instagram and Tik Tok here. Resources mentioned in this interview: Virginia’s newsletter pieces: What If I Can't Say "Fat?" What Instagram Gets Wrong About Feeding Your Kids  "I Love a Beautiful Home, But it Doesn't Rank Higher than Being Able to Function in My Space." Christy Harrison’s Anti-Diet The American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical Report: Preventing Obesity and Eating Disorders in Adolescents Virginia’s opinion piece for The New York Times Why the New Obesity Guidelines for Kids Terrify Me Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook Group. Learn more about Diana’s coaching services: Tiny Seed Family Nutrition. Follow Diana on Instagram and Facebook.

The question I get most often is a version of "how can I raise my kids to be intuitive eaters while also helping them choose healthy foods?" In this episode, Sumner Brooks, RD and I explore exactly this. What is the role of nutrition in raising intuitive eaters and what is a caregiver's job in making nutrition decisions, especially for young kids? Sumner is a mom of two young kids herself as well as the co-author of the new book, How to Raise an Intuitive Eater. Follow Sumner on Instagram Sumner's continuing education platform: EDRD Pro  How to Raise an Intuitive Eater website: IntuitiveEating4Kids.com How to Raise an Intuitive Eater on Amazon  Study mentioned in this episode: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3086849/ Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Work with Diana: Tiny Seed Family Nutrition Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

Diet culture in infant sleep?? My guest today is new mom Kathleen Meehan, RD, who outlines the parallels she's noticed between diet culture and the way that vulnerable new parents are sold infant sleep training, such as "one size fits all" programs and placing the blame on the individual rather than the "fix" when things don't work out. We also explore how diet culture directly influences infant sleep with rigid feeding schedules, prescribed limits on formula feeds and how infant weight factors into sleep training.  This episode was inspired by a post Kathleen made on Instagram, found here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdOLEDlrnWS/ More about Kathleen: Instagram | Website  Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Work with Diana: Tiny Seed Family Nutrition Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

The American Heart Association and Dietary Guidelines recommend zero added sugar for kids under age two. But how do these guidelines impact parents with a history of disordered eating...and is following them to the letter always in the best interest of our kids? My guest today is dietitian Jackie Rodgers, who shares her story of feeding her first child while grappling with her own history of orthorexia. More about Jackie: Instagram | Website | Facebook Group Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Work with Diana: Tiny Seed Family Nutrition Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

Today, Diana is chatting with Chacha Miller, a registered dietitian and toddler mom (with another on the way!) who is passionate about health equity. Chacha shares her tips on moving away from the mentality of "getting" kids to eat vegetables to creating an environment that lets them explore their food and taste preferences at their own pace. More about Chacha: Instagram | Website Resources mentioned in this episode: 101 Descriptive Words for Food Explorers by Dani Lebovitz  Additional books and resources from Kid Food Explorers @Kid.Food.Explorers Instagram post about the harms of the children's book discussed in this episode Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

Is Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility (DOR) the be all and end all of feeding kids? On this episode, Diana explores this recent theme from the show and in the world of anti-diet kid feeding at large. This unique episode is formatted as a "call in" show and features voicemail recordings from the following feeding professionals, who share their own experiences with DOR: Yaffi Lvova @toddler.testkitchen Krystyn Parks @feeding_made_easy Maggie Perkins @tomata_rd Crystal Karges @crystalkarges Dani Lebovitz @kid.food.explorers Lauren Sharifi @LaurenSharifiRD Terri Ney @tinybitesnutrition Rachel Rothman @nutrition.in.bloom Oona Hanson @oona_hanson Diana also shares details of how she does and doesn't use DOR with her own family. ***This episode has been updated with a short audio recording prior to the introduction that acknowledges and denounces the Ellyn Satter Institute's public Facebook comments dismissing the harm caused by Lindo Bacon to fat and black members of the HAES community.***  Resources: ⭐Sign up for the brand-new newsletter The Anti-Diet Parent⭐ Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

In today's episode, Diana's alone with the mic, sharing her (unfortunately) unusual story of growing up without pressure to change her body or eat a certain way, never dieting and discovering the world of intuitive eating as an adult after becoming a dietitian. She explains what her parents did to set the stage for this experience and how it informs her passion for helping other families do the same. Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids ⭐Sign up for the brand-new Anti-Diet Kids Newsletter⭐ Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

Today we're talking to Meredith Redmon, a former pediatric ICU nurse turned SAHM and author of the new book, "Dear Jesus, Send Coffee: Finding Joy in the Chaos of Early Motherhood." Meredith and Diana discuss: Expectations of new motherhood and how we blame ourselves when things go off course Navigating information on conceiving, birthing, breast and bottle feeding, sleep and feeding kids Alexandra Sacks's concept of matrescence How even the best laid plans to prevent picky eating often don't work out Supporting your child's individuality with feeding Pressures of perfect motherhood we pick up from social media (vs. reality) Is it possible to prevent eating issues in your kids? Meredith's story of recovering from an eating disorder and how it has shaped feeding her kids Finding your own way in a sea of information about best parenting practices More about Meredith: Instagram | Website Meredith's book, "Dear Jesus, Send Coffee" Amazon | Barnes and Noble Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids) Anti-Diet 101 Resources: Good Housekeeping's Anti-Diet Article Series Christy Harrison's Book, "Anti-Diet" Amazon | Bookshop Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch Amazon | Bookshop Links included may be affiliate links.

On this episode of The Messy Intersection, we chat with Courtney Vickery, a registered dietitian who suffered from an eating disorder that onset at a very young age. Courtney and Diana discuss: Courtney's disordered eating/eating disorder throughout her childhood Courtney's healing story and her current practice as an eating disorders professional What parents can do to set the stage for eating disorder prevention What parents can do if they notice warning signs of an eating disorder in their child A handful of general hot tips about feeding kids Content warning: This episode contains discussion of disordered eating behaviors that are not appropriate for children and may not be appropriate for anyone with an active eating disorder.  Resources mentioned in this episode: If you suspect your child may have an eating disorder, please visit: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder by Casey Crosbie and Wendy Sterling: Amazon | Bookshop (affiliate links) Maintenance Phase's episode "The President's Physical Fitness Test"  More episodes of Maintenance Phase More about Courtney: Instagram | Website Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

On this episode of The Messy Intersection, we hear from Brooke Miller, a registered dietitian who helps new moms ditch food rules and the scale to embrace truly healthy habits. She shares her story of her difficult pregnancy with her son, who has Down syndrome, as well as her struggles with miscarriage. Brooke also discusses her history with disordered eating, and how embracing intuitive eating and body neutrality has helped her in her journey to conceive.  Content warning: This episode contains a description of a difficult miscarriage.  More about Brooke: Instagram | Website Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

Today on The Messy Intersection, Diana chats with Amee Severson, co-author of the brand-new book How to Raise an Intuitive Eater. Resources: How to Raise an Intuitive Eater on Amazon How to Raise an Intuitive Eater on Bookshop Book website: intuitiveeating4kids.com More about Amee: Instagram | Website | Twitter Follow Diana on Instagram: @anti.diet.kids Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

The Messy Intersection is back with Season 2! Welcome to The Messy Intersection, hosted by Diana Rice, RD of @anti.diet.kids. Today we're talking to Heather Caplan, an anti-diet registered dietitian, eating disorder survivor and mom of three. Content warning: Discussion of an unplanned pregnancy. Heather and Diana discuss: Heather's shock of discovering she was pregnant again when she'd just had her second baby mid-COVID. Feeling that your body is not your own because of pregnancy and breastfeeding. When a new pregnancy interrupts your breastfeeding relationship with the older child. Holding space for both women challenged by unplanned pregnancies and women enduring infertility. Heather's experience with hypothalamic amenorrhea (loss of menstruation) related to her past eating disorder and her belief at the time that she wouldn't be able to conceive. Heather's experience with orthorexia in young adulthood and what orthorexia is. How an orthorexic mentality (unhealthy obsession with healthy eating) can show up or resurface when feeding children. The challenge of normalizing our kids eating and enjoying all foods, even when we have already done the work of making all foods fit for ourselves. How messages about positive child feeding practices, including the Division of Responsibility, can easily become warped into diet culture messages. Why there are not more resources for parents in the anti-diet space. Follow the new @anti.diet.kids More about Heather: Instagram | Website Join the Raising Anti-Diet Kids Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/antidietkids)

***The Messy Intersection is taking a break until November of 2021. Please enjoy the archive and connect with Diana through The Messy Intersection Podcast Community to chat about future episode ideas. Thanks for your support!*** --- This episode is a follow-up to episode 014. My guest Gwen Kostal of Dietitians4Teachers and I will discuss how school assignments rooted in diet culture show up from elementary school up through high school. We discuss: How Dietitians4Teachers aims to support teachers and provide them with resources to teach children about food in a positive way. How diet culture shows up in curriculums from K-12 in both Canada and the U.S. The language about food and health that tends to appear in U.S. state and Canadian province curriculums and how that language can be interpreted into assignments that either do or do not help children develop a positive relationship with food. The types of school assignments that hold the potential to encourage behaviors that may lead to eating disorders. How stock images and avatars used in educational settings, especially in virtual learning, tend to reinforce the thin ideal and perpetuate weight stigma. The challenges that teachers face as generalists who are required to teach nutrition and health lessons without a formal background in these subjects. How teachers and parents can recognize assignments that may not be in a child's best interest when it comes to helping them cultivate a positive relationship with food. How teaching about food can positively intersect with other areas of the curriculum such as math and science. Whether lessons on what different nutrients do in our bodies are appropriate for elementary school age children. At what age it's appropriate to teach students about calories and macronutrients and how to do so in a way that does not encourage dieting. How teaching kids to use critical thinking when faced with nutrition and health assignments helps kids develop resilience against diet culture messages. Follow Gwen: Instagram: @dietitians4teachers Follow Diana:Instagram: @baby.steps.dietitian Visit Diana's website to learn more about her counseling services:(https://dianakrice.com/) Join The Messy Intersection Podcast Community on Facebook:(https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast)

In this episode, we'll hear from Amie Guice, a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian, owner of Guice Nutrition Counseling and mom of two young sons. Amie shares her story of when her five-year-old son was assigned a worrisome nutrition assignment in preschool and what she did as a result. We discuss: Amie's story of the assignment her son received and how it later influenced his food choices. The value of cultivating a positive food and body environment for our kids.  The importance of children being able to trust that the food their parents provide is an appropriate and good choice. How classroom assignments about health vs. unhealthy for preschool aged children can lead to children developing disordered thinking about food. What parents can do if their children receive a similar assignment in school. Ways to proactively work with your school to support educators in assigning positive assignments related to food. How educators certainly aren't out to sabotage our kids' relationships with food, it's just that there's a lot of misinformation on this topic. How to "fake it till you make it" in helping your kids develop a positive relationship with food if you're still unsure about your own relationship with food.  Visuals associated with this episode: Amie's son's assignment  Diana's daughter's assignment Resources mentioned in this episode: Usborne books about food Dani Lebovitz's books about food Follow Amie: Instagram: @guicenutritioncounseling Follow Diana:Instagram: @baby.steps.dietitian Visit Diana's website to learn more about her counseling services:(https://dianakrice.com/) Join The Messy Intersection Podcast Community on Facebook:(https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast)  

Today on the show, I am talking to Yaffi Lvova, a registered dietitian nutritionist, teacher, speaker, author and mom of three. Yaffi and I discuss: Our biggest challenges in food parenting Self-care in motherhood and the importance of having your own non-family pursuits The cultural evolution of infant feeding The distinction between feeding a baby healthy food and demonstrating that you have a baby who eats healthy foods How so many rules about baby-led weaning originated and whether they're helpful The role of a parent's anxiety in choosing to do baby-led weaning or purees with their infant How infants can learn to eat a family's cultural foods regardless of introduction method The hard and fast rules about starting solids, regardless of which method of introduction you use All about responsive feeding and how to incorporate the practice whether you are doing purees or baby-led weaning How getting starting solids "right" has a lot less to do with how or what you feed and much more to do with your own relationship with food Yaffi's work:  Nourishing Baby Food Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Nourishing-Baby-Cookbook-Stage-Stage/dp/1648766188/ The Stage-By-Stage Baby Food Cookbook: https://www.amazon.com/Stage-Stage-Baby-Food-Cookbook/dp/1641529717/ Nap Time Nutrition Podcast: https://naptimenutrition.libsyn.com/ Follow Yaffi: Instagram: @babybloomnutrition   Follow Diana:Instagram: @baby.steps.dietitian   Visit Diana's website to learn more about her counseling services:(https://dianakrice.com/) or explore her starting solids coaching service here: https://p.bttr.to/2YOikCv   Join The Messy Intersection Podcast Community on Facebook:(https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast  

In this episode of The Messy Intersection, we hear from Clara Nosek, a weight-inclusive dietitian and the Instagrammer behind @yourdietitianbff. Clara, who was pregnant with her second child at the time of recording, discusses the experience of being pregnant in a large body and the ways that weight stigma in prenatal care has influenced her physical and emotional well-being. We discuss: Clara's work as an activist raising awareness about issues of bias and inclusion stemming from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Clara's lived experience of being in a larger body, both before and during her pregnancies. How her body size has influenced her experience of testing for gestational diabetes. What pregnant people in larger bodies can do to advocate for the same care smaller-bodied people receive in pregnancy. How the pressure to "snap back" after pregnancy often relates to an unfulfilled need for community and identity in new motherhood. Resources mentioned: Beyond Beautiful: A Practical Guide to Being Happy, Confident, and You in a Looks-Obsessed World (https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Beautiful-Practical-Confident-Looks-Obsessed/dp/0399582096/) Follow Clara: Instagram: @yourdietitianbff Follow Diana:Instagram: @baby.steps.dietitian Visit Diana's website to learn more about her counseling services:(https://dianakrice.com/) Join The Messy Intersection Podcast Community on Facebook:(https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast

In this episode of The Messy Intersection, I chat with Dani Lebovitz, a pediatric dietitian, early childhood education advocate and mom of three who loves the show Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood just as much as I do.  Why a show about feeding our kids and feeding ourselves is dedicating an entire episode to a children's television show? As Dani and I will discuss, children learn through stories. And because there are so few shows that do an excellent job of helping kids learn about food in a positive way, we thought that discussing the show deserved an entire episode! In this episode, we'll how these episodes of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood can help your child develop a positive relationship with food. 🐯 Be a Vegetable Taster / Daniel Tries a New Food⁠🐯 A Trip to the Enchanted Garden⁠🐯 A Night Out at the Restaurant⁠🐯 Daniel's Love Day Surprise⁠🐯 Daniel's Allergy / Allergies at School ⁠🐯 Daniel's Lunch⁠🐯 Making Mozies with Nana⁠🐯 Daniel and Mom Go to the Market⁠ Be sure to check out Dani's free resources for exploring food with kids here: http://experiencedeliciousnow.com/freebies-form/ And follow her beautiful Instagram account here: https://www.instagram.com/kid.food.explorers/ We'll keep the conversation about food talk in children's media going in the Messy Intersection Podcast community on Facebook. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast And grab Diana's recipe PDF with recipes for banana swirl, rainbow heart pizza and mozies right here: https://dianakrice.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/daniel_tiger_recipes.pdf

Content warning: infant loss In this episode, we hear from Rabiya Bower, RD, LDN,  a registered dietitian aligned with the intuitive eating approach who experienced a personal loss and turned to emotional eating as a coping tool. In the episode: Rabiya's story of infant loss Her healing journey, including why she turned to food Preconceived notions of emotional eating Emotional eating outside of the loss community How some women use food restriction as an emotional coping mechanism in a similar way That emotional eating is a symptom of an issue but not a condition in and of itself How to understand if you are using emotional eating in a constructive way Helping our children learn to connect food and emotions in a positive way Follow Rabiya online: https://www.instagram.com/rabiyabowerrd/ Follow Diana online: https://www.facebook.com/BabyStepsRD/ Visit Diana's website to learn more about her counseling services:https://dianakrice.com/https://www.instagram.com/baby.steps.dietitian/ Join The Messy Intersection Podcast Community:https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast

Andrea Paul, a registered dietitian specializing in intuitive eating, joins us on The Messy Intersection this week to discuss intuitive eating in pregnancy. Andera was 27 weeks pregnant with her first child at the time of recording and discusses how, even as a person well-rooted in her food choices, she struggled at times throughout her pregnancy with the messages about food she received. We discuss: The role that food and vitamins play in the process of getting pregnant. Navigating morning sickness and how to nourish your body (and your baby) when you don't want to eat. Understanding feelings of guilt when you start to think you're not nourishing your baby in the best way possible. Embracing food aversions. Reconciling what our providers tell us about nutrition vs. listening to our bodies. Making food choices when certain foods are "off limits" in pregnancy. Whether pregnancy cravings may be women finally listening to their bodies and food preferences without the influence of diet culture. How our providers may also be influenced by diet culture messages and how to make food choices that are right for us. Reframing the concept of "flunking" the gestational diabetes test. What intuitive eating is all about and how to learn more. Learn more about Andrea: https://www.andreapaulrd.com/ https://www.instagram.com/andreapaul.rd/ https://www.facebook.com/andreapaul.rd Connect with host Diana: Join The Messy Intersection Podcast Community on Facebook to discuss this episode and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baby.steps.dietitian/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BabyStepsRD/

Mandy Major joins us on this episode of The Messy Intersection to discuss her own experience of becoming a mother and how it led her to explore how we can better support birth people through postpartum doulas. Mandy shares the difference between a postpartum doula and a birth doula and shares information on her company, Major Care Doulas, and the innovations they are using to deliver the care new mothers desperately need in the critical postpartum period. We discuss: Mandy's own birth and postpartum story and how it inspired a career change for her Diana's birth stories and how postpartum doulas would have made a world of difference for her, had only she known about them. The difference between a BIRTH doula and a POSTPARTUM doula. The various roles that postpartum doulas can play depending on the needs of the birth person and the personality and strengths of the doula. How postpartum doulas are NOT just baby expert know-it-alls. They're there to support the birth person with expertise AND empathy. The current state of the postpartum period in the United States and how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the situation. The latest about Mandy's company, Major Care Doulas and how they are supporting women with virtual postpartum doula care and and brand new free app called My Fourth (launching January 24th of 2021). Get in touch with Mandy: Major Care Doulas website: https://thatismajor.com/ Free app: My Fourth: https://thatismajor.com/my-fourth  https://www.instagram.com/majorcaredoulas/ https://www.facebook.com/majorcaredoulas/ mandy@thatismajor.com And be sure to join The Messy Intersection Facebook Community to share your motherhood experiences and meet a community of other moms navigating life in the messy intersection just like you: https://www.facebook.com/groups/messyintersectionpodcast