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150: Interview with Paige Smathers - Seven Health: Eating Disorder Recovery and Anti Diet Nutritionist

Episode 150: This week on the podcast I'm speaking with Paige Smathers.


Apr 18.2019


Apr 18.2019

We talk about her background as a dietician and one of her areas of interest: family feeding dynamics. We cover the division of responsibility and the many aspects of meal time with children.

Paige Smathers, RDN, CD is a registered dietitian nutritionist in private practice and podcaster whose work revolves around helping people heal their relationships with food and their body. She specializes in chronic dieting, addiction recovery nutrition, eating disorders and family feeding dynamics.

Her approach to nutrition and health is grounded in mindfulness and is rooted in the intuitive eating and Health at Every Size frameworks. She is the owner of Positive Nutrition®, which provides individual nutrition therapy, online courses, and mentorship and coaching for professionals.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

00:04:45

Paige's background

00:07:40

How Paige discovered she wanted to be a dietician

00:13:00

The good parts of studying as a dietician

00:20:20

How she discovered Intuitive Eating

00:29:00

Doing baby lead weaning

00:33:30

Ellyn Satter's work on family feeding dynamics

00:34:35

Understanding the Division Of Responsibility with feeding

00:45:20

Parents relationship with food and how it affects their children

00:47:15

How did you make changes with children's eating

00:51:10

Using common sense and trusting your intuition

00:47:15

Making changes as children climb up development stages

00:57:10

Paying attention to how food leaves you feeling


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