On this episode of Speaking of Hungry I chat with Rachel Larkey, a Brooklyn-based registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, who works in a federally funded health center where she uses intuitive eating and health at every size (HAES) in her approach to community healthcare.
Rachel and I discuss:
Teaching intuitive eating to clients who struggle to make ends meet and don’t have access to enough food on a daily basis.
How the desire to lose weight for various reasons is universal across various ethnicities, backgrounds, and sexual identities.
Working with a patient who is convinced they must focus on weight loss.
Teaching intuitive eating to a patient population that does not have financial means for resources and a lack of food security.
Rachel’s master’s degree work and hopes to develop a protocol for other community dietitians to bring intuitive best practices into a health clinic and community settings successfully.
Rachel’s side work teaching weight lifting and how she brings body positive messages into the exercise world.
Listen now to this great conversation bringing a new perspective on intuitive eating in underserved populations.
Mentioned in this episode:
Rachel’s listing on the Intuitive Eating website
Where to find Rachel at her community clinic
Contact Rachel for private virtual counseling (for those not in NYC or who don't want to do it through a clinic): rachellarkeyrd@gmail.com
Resources from Rachel:
“Any conversation about IE/HAES should include topics of intersectionality and also highlight the work of fat, black and brown femmes who have given so much to what it means to talk about body positivity.”
Sonya Renee Taylor: @sonyareneetaylor on Instagram (author of The Body is Not an Apology)
Virgie Tovar: @virgietovar on Instagram
Roxane Gay: @rgay on Twitter
Some IE/HAES or nutrition professionals to get to know:
@bodypositive_dietitian (Kimmie Singh, MS, RD)
@the_spanglish_therapist (Melissa Carmona, LPCA)
@diversifydietetics (an organization committed to increasing the ethnic and racial diversity of the dietetics profession)
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