Sunny Side Up Nutrition

We have another episode for you where I’m joined by Anna Mackay, an original co-host of the podcast with Anna Lutz and me. Anna lives on the other side of the world these days, but she and I were able to catch up and record a few episodes this summer while she was visiting the US. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed talking with Anna Mackay!

Podcast Episode 108: Nourishing Teen Athletes with Anna Mackay

In this conversation, Elizabeth and Anna Mackay discuss the unique nutritional needs of teen a...

We’re back with our latest episode of the Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast. In this week’s episode of the podcast Anna and I dive into the roles parents don’t need to take on (like controlling weight or forcing kids to clean their plates) and the roles that necessary for raising confident eaters. We talk about Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility, how to adapt it with responsive feeding, and our own Sunny Side Up feeding framework that helps parents understand and succeed in their roles in the feeding relationship.

What’s in the episode

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Greetings!

You’re likely in the thick of it with back-to-school activities. But back-to-school isn’t just about packing lunches and adjusting to new schedules. It’s also a time when kids begin to hear harmful messages about food and bodies.

In this episode of Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast, we’re joined by Denise Hamburger, JD, founder and executive director of BE REAL USA, and Selena Salfen, MPH, RD, a public health dietitian working to shift systems toward size-inclusive, weight-neutral models of care.

Together, they share insights on BE REAL’s Let’s Eat curric...

Hi Friends,

It’s that time of year again - Back to School! We’ll be sharing plenty of back-to-school content over the coming weeks to help you feel ready to start the school year. If you’re dreading school lunch packing, then this podcast episode is for you. Anna and I offer realistic advice to simplify packing lunches.

Key Points

* Why lunch packing feels overwhelming

* The pros and cons of bento-style lunch boxes

* Easy, practical ways to streamline lunch packing

* How to deal with uneaten lunches

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HI Friends,

Elizabeth here. I was so excited to have a chance to chat with Anna Mackay for our latest Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast Episode. In this episode, we offer supportive, non-diet guidance for students transitioning to college life or boarding school. Our conversation draws from both personal and clinical experience working with teens about to leave home.

Transitioning from home to college (or boarding school) is a major life transition. And navigating food is a big part of that. How can students navigate dining halls, class schedules, and making sure they’re meeting th...

Hi Friends,

In our latest podcast episode, we’re doing something we don’t often do. We’re actually talking about nutrition. We’re dietitians after all and we do enjoy the science of nutrition, but we also know that the child nutrition information out there can be overwhelming and stressful for parents.

So, we’re all about keeping nutrition information simple.

If you’ve ever found yourself worrying (or wondering) whether or not your child is getting enough of the nutrients they need, this episode is for you.

In this episode, we...

Hi Friends,

In our latest episode, Anna and I get into a topic that brings up a lot of emotions for parents: How to navigate sweets with kids?

We talk about into:

* Why sugar has been demonized in our culture.

* Diet culture and beliefs about sugar and “good parenting.”

* What sugar is and why our bodies need it.

* Myths about sugar.

* The link between restriction and kids’ interest in sweets.

* Realistic advice on how to create structure around sweets.

* How we talk a...

Hi friends,

If restocking your pantry feels overwhelming, or it’s something you just don’t like doing, you’re not alone.

In our latest podcast episode, Anna and I chat about what it means to stock your pantry in a way that supports you and your family, without the pressure for a picture perfect pantry.

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

We chat about:

* Why restocking your pantry matters (and how it helps reduce stress).

* A few of our favorite convenience foods.

* What to do if...

Episode 100: Reboot Your Meal Planning

We made it to 100 episodes! Wow!! We’re grateful to you all for being here and supporting our work to challenge diet culture and make family nutrition less stressful.

In our latest episode, we’re celebrating with a topic that comes up a lot—meal planning. But not the Pinterest-perfect kind (no judgement here if you love that kind of meal planning). Anna and I are talking about realistic, flexible planning that supports you instead of stresses you out.

We share our personal routines, what “go-to meals” mean in our hom...

Diet culture loves to tell parents exactly how to and how not to feed their kids. What happens often is well-intentioned parents abandon their parenting style(s) and find themselves swinging on a pendulum between permissive feeding practices and urging their kids to “take 3 more bites, or no dessert”! In this latest podcast episode, Anna and I explain how feeding is parenting, how diet-culture creates misalignment, and simple shifts you can make to create calm mealtimes.

Takeaways

* Consistency is key: Kids do well when the support and boundaries they experience at bedtime and homework time are...

Anna and I are back with Podcast Episode 98! In this latest episode, we share our Sunny Side Up Nutrition Feeding Framework—our five-pillar framework at the heart of feeling more confident about feeding your kids. You’ll walk away with actionable steps you can take today to stress less about meal times.

* Support Yourself: Simple ways to reduce your own mealtime stress.

* Foster a Positive Environment: Practical tips to destress meal times.

* Trust: Trust your child to eat and grow.

* Respond: Why we encourage tuning out diet-culture and tuning into...

Episode 97: Understanding Your Child’s Growth

We're back! After a year-long break, Anna Lutz, MPH, RD/LDN, CEDRD-S, and Elizabeth Davenport, MPH, RD, LD, return to the Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast with an important conversation about how to support your child’s growth in a body-positive, evidence-based way.

In this episode, we talk about:

Tips to prepare for pediatrician visits and advocate for your child.

Why the 50th percentile is not the “ideal” plot point on a growth chart.

What does it mean when your child crosses percentiles?

The...

Anna, Anna, and Elizabeth discuss how setting a positive example of a healthy and balanced relationship with food can have a huge impact on our children’s body image and relationship with food, and helps prevent the development of eating disorders. We talk through some specific steps someone can take towards shifting behaviors when it comes to food, the way we view bodies, and the way we talk about food and bodies.

This episode marks the end of season 4, and the beginning of a short break from podcasting. We will be around mid-2024 with fresh new episodes!

Anna Lutz chats with Livia Sara, an autism eating disorder recovery coach. They discuss why we often see people with autistic traits develop disordered eating behaviors, and why the way in which we talk about food is especially important among people with autism. They also discuss protective ways parents and teachers can talk to all children about food.

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Livia is an auti...

Anna L. and Elizabeth chat with Marsha Dunn Klein, a Pediatric Occupational Therapist and expert in the field of feeding children. They discuss how pressure and other factors such as the sensory aspects of eating affect our children's relationship and connection to food. They explore strategies parents and caregivers can use to feel supported in their efforts to feed their children, and ways to help children feel safe and regulated at mealtimes.

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Anna L. and Elizabeth chat with Jenna Werner, a Registered Dietitian (RD), who runs a virtual ​​nutrition coaching practice. They discuss the diet culture-fueled experiences people often face during the holidays, and tips for navigating these moments. They also explore some advice specifically for parents to help navigate scenarios such as feeling guilty about the foods we eat instead of focusing on enjoying them, and how to handle other adults who make negative comments about food and weight within earshot of children.

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Anna L. and Elizabeth chat with Sammy Previte, a Registered Dietitian (RD), Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, Certified Personal Trainer, and the Founder of Find Food Freedom®. Find Food Freedom® is a virtual private practice where Sammy and her team are dedicated to their mission of helping humans make peace with food and their body. 

They discuss why Halloween can feel so stressful to parents, some of the common pitfalls, and share some advice for parents as they navigate Halloween this year.

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Anna M. and Elizabeth chat with Dr. Mary Himmelstein a professor and researcher in psychological sciences at Kent State University. Mary is the director of the SWAG Lab, a social and health psychology lab where she examines biopsychosocial mechanisms which influence health and disease processes, and conducts research broadly on identity, stress, and coping processes in weight stigma and masculinity. 

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Anna L. and Elizabeth chat with Gwen Kostal, a Registered Dietitian who helps teachers and educators teach about food safely in the classroom. When Gwen first started out as a dietitian, she was trained to contribute to diet culture, encourage weight loss, recommend restrictions, and talk to kids about how to choose the “best” foods. When she realised that this is not appropriate or helpful for kids Gwen set up Dietitians 4 Teachers to help teachers find meaningful language and lessons that link to the curriculum and make life easier while making the classroom safer. 

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Anna M. chats with Dr. Georgie Buckley, a dietitian and postdoctoral researcher who currently works as an eating disorder and body image consultant. Georgie is also a queer, neurodivergent woman, and a trauma survivor with a history of an eating disorder.

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Anna L. and Elizabeth chat with Diana Rice, a registered dietitian who works with both children and adults to put positive family feeding dynamics into practice, and heal food-related issues brought on by medical conditions or years of chronic dieting.

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Anna M. and Elizabeth chat with Amy Palanjian, a recipe developer, content creator, cookbook author and mom to three kids. Amy is the creator of Yummy Toddler Food, the go-to resource for busy parents to create meals families swear by.

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Anna L. and Elizabeth chat with Aerin Atinsky and Alexa Moses, two of the founders and directors of Dear Me, an affiliate program of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders. 

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Anna, Anna and Elizabeth chat about meal planning, ways to alleviate pressure around meal times, strategies to get meals on the table (especially if you are not into meal planning), and easy meals to add to your need-dinner-in-less-than-20-minutes list that require very little preparation and even less planning! Sometimes brekkie for dinner is the perfect solution.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Dr. Lisa Folden, a licensed physical therapist, NASM certified behavior change specialist and Anti-diet Health & Body Image Coach.

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Anna M. and Anna L. chat with Emily Arkin, a Washington, D.C.-based registered dietitian nutritionist. Emily owns the group practice RD Emily & Team and specializes in eating disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, and Health At Every Size®-aligned medical nutrition therapy.

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Anna, Anna and Elizabeth discuss how a proliferation of problematic and sometimes outright false nutrition information on social media makes it increasingly difficult for parents and teens to discern good nutrition information from bad.

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Anna and Elizabeth chat with Leslie Jordan Garcia, a multi-certified anti-diet eating disorder recovery and wellness practitioner.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Catherine Lea, a longtime food educator in public schools, and creator of Stir The Pot Kitchen, an online space where kids learn cooking skills.

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 Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Christy Harrison, a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified intuitive eating counselor. Christy is the author of a new book, coming in April 2023, The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport chat with Virginia Sole-Smith, a journalist and author of the recently published book Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture, that investigates how the “war on childhood obesity” has caused kids of all ages to absorb a daily onslaught of body shame from peers, school, diet culture, and parents themselves — and offers research-based strategies to help parents name and navigate the anti-fat bias that infiltrates our schools, doctor’s offices and family dinner tables.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Emiko Davies, an award-winning Australian-Japanese food writer, photographer and cookbook author based in Italy.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Ginny Jones, the founder of More-Love.org, and a parent coach who helps parents of kids with body image issues, eating issues, and eating disorders.

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Anna Lutz and Anna Mackay have a conversation with Nicole Cruz, a Registered Dietitian specializing in eating disorder recovery, intuitive eating, and family nutrition.

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Tigger Warning: Discussion of weight loss, fad diets, and suicide. 

Anna Mackay and Elizabeth Davenport chat with Michael Ulloa, a personal trainer working to shift the conversation around exercise, and breaking down barriers to health & fitness, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Anna Lutz sat down with Katja Rowell, M.D., a family doctor, author, and responsive childhood feeding specialist to talk about the new AAP guidelines.

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Anna Mackay and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Karen Shrosbery (known as Kip), a Journalism Trainer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s International Development Unit mentoring women in Asia and the Pacific. Kip currently lives in Dili, Timor Leste and is Anna M’s neighbor.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Rose Langston, MS, OTR/L, an occupational therapist and clinic manager at Pediatric Possibilities in Raleigh, NC. They discuss:

ICYMI! Since the holidays are still in full swing, for our last episode of season 3 we decided to rebroadcast this one featuring Anna, Anna and Elizabeth talking about ways to navigate food around the holiday’s, and boundary setting in situations where there is negative talk about food and bodies.

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Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Rachel Manor, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics.

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