Sunny Side Up Nutrition

Anna, Anna and Elizabeth chat about meal planning, w ays to alleviate pressure around meal times, s trategies to get meals on the table (especially if you are not into meal planning), and e asy 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. Links:  Sunny Side Up Nutriti...

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. They discuss: The importance of positive messaging around bodies and the process of self-acceptance. The dangers of dieting, the impact diet messaging can have on kids, and what diet culture takes away from us....

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. They discuss: Probiotics -- what are they and when they can be helpful (if at all). 💩-related complaints -- what can cause t...

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. We discuss:  The problem with popular accounts that claim they’re anti-diet, weight inclusive, and aligned with Responsive Feeding, but a closer look reveals that...

Anna and Elizabeth chat with Leslie Jordan Garcia, a multi-certified anti-diet eating disorder recovery and wellness practitioner. They discuss: The challenges that parents face when feeding their families such as differing needs and weight stigma from health professionals. The specific obstacles parents with a history of an eating disorder or disordered eating face when feeding their family. Advi...

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. They discuss: Positive ways to teach children about food. The benefits of cooking and learning about food preparation for kids. Some barriers for parents involving their children in food preparati...

 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 . They discuss: The definition of wellness culture, how it differs f...

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 pare...

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. They discuss: Emiko’s experience growing up in an anti-diet household. Ways to navigate cooking for a family when one (or more) member of the family is a picky eater. Some low-pressure, fun food exposures that can be helpful for...

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. They discuss: How parents can support children in larger bodies.  The impact on children of public health programs and initiatives such as school nutrition curriculum, posters, media focusing...

Anna Lutz and Anna Mackay have a conversation with Nicole Cruz, a Registered Dietitian specializing in eating disorder recovery, intuitive eating, and family nutrition. They discuss: Age-appropriate nutrition education, and how to talk to kids about “health”. Strategies to deal with adults (eg. teachers, pediatricians, nurses, coaches, family members) who speak about food in an unhelpful way in fr...

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. They discuss: Whether personal trainers and kids sports coaches are qualified to provide nutritional or dietary advice. Wha...

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. They discuss:  What pediatric clinical practice guidelines are and why the AAP releases them periodically. The details of the recently released clinical practice guidelines for pediatricians and family doctors. The deep flaws in the data and informa...

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. They discuss: The culture shock of adapting to a new way of life in another country; how different fo...

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: The role of occupational therapy (OT) when working with families and children with feeding concerns. Some common reasons people go to an OT in regards to eating or feeding.  The definition of nervous system regul...

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. We discuss: Factors that contribute to an increase in diet talk, and food and body shaming during the...

Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Rachel Manor, a Registered Dietitian and Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. They discuss: How diet culture shows up in sports. The most important things for parents to understand about kids & teens who are involved in sport (hint: it has a lot to do with eating enough ). Barriers to adequate fueling specifically for athletes. Why at...

Anna, Anna and Elizabeth chat about navigating food around the holiday’s, and ways to set boundaries around negative talk about food and bodies. We discuss: Factors that contribute to an increase in diet talk, and food and body shaming during the holidays. Strategies to navigate this negative messaging. Ways to navigate sweets and “party food”. Tips for parents of selective eaters. Strategies to h...

Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Dacy Gillespie, an online personal stylist who helps women uncover their authentic style. They discuss: The challenges of clothes shopping. The pressures faced by children and teens to looks and dress a certain way What parents can say to reject unhelpful messages that come up while shopping and trying on clothes (hint: avoid the term “fla...

Anna Mackay and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Aaron Flores, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist who specializes in male body image. Dietitians Unplugged Podcast Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast   Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy Pinney Davenport Nutrition https://thirdwheeled.com/ https://m8.design/ https://www.sonics.io/ Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutrition...

Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Lauren McIlwaine, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, specializing in nutrition therapy for children, adolescents, and adults with eating disorders. They discuss: Specific strategies to simplify grocery shopping. The challenges surrounding a trip to the grocery store. Reasons why it can be so frustrating, and how to make it less frustrati...

Anna Mackay and Anna Lutz have a conversation with Dr. Fiona Willer, an Australian advanced practice dietitian , academic, advocate, educator and organizational consultant on a mission to make the health sector a safe and inclusive place for larger-bodied people. They discuss: How Fiona decided to transition from being a weight-centric to a weight-inclusive practitioner, and how that affected her...

Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Johanna Kandel, founder and CEO of the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, and McCall Dempsey, founder and director of Southern Smash. Sunny Side Up Nutrition and the Alliance teamed up to create five parent letters that can be customized and downloaded as a tool for advocacy when diet culture shows up in schools. They discuss:  The p...

Anna Mackay and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Shreen El Masry, a body inclusive Personal Trainer and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, about the enormous pressure mothers often feel to shrink their bodies after giving birth in order to conform to unrealistic and harmful standards. Shreen is also the author of a recently published book called Be You Be Free: Your 12-Step Body Pos...

Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Brigitte Pollio, a yoga teacher who trains both kids and school teachers, about the ways in which yoga can be used to connect body, mind and spirit, which is beneficial for everyone, but especially children.  They discuss: The benefits of yoga for children. The link between yoga, the nervous system and self-regulation. How yoga can promote...