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10 Things You Can Do to Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and Their Body

AMY GARDNER / December 21, 2019

A Rockette Shares What She Eats (And I’m So Glad My Daughter Is There To Hear It) Going to New York City during December has to be one of my favorite things. The twinkling lights, the hustle of the city...

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What Does ‘Non-Diet’ Really Mean? – Part 4

KATE GILES / August 2, 2019

Here’s our final post it this 4-part series including two VERY important principles of the ‘Non-Diet’ approach. Non-diet principle #4: Weight loss is not synonymous with health Dietitians practicing within a non-diet framework 100% acknowledge that nutrition is important...

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What Does ‘Non-Diet’ Really Mean? – Part 3

KATE GILES / August 1, 2019

Pleasure is an important part of eating and one emphasized here, in this 3rd principle of the non-diet approach. Non-diet principle #3: Food choices are not a moral issue It’s hard to listen to your body and develop a more...

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What Does ‘Non-Diet’ Really Mean? – Part 2

KATE GILES / July 31, 2019

Part 2 of our multi-part blog series about the ‘Non-Diet’ approach to health and wellness. Non-diet principal #2: Our bodies CAN be trusted Our bodies have so much more wisdom about how to eat than we give them credit for....

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What Does ‘Non-Diet’ Really Mean? – Part 1

KATE GILES / July 30, 2019

This is part one of a multi-part blog post explaining what the term ‘non-diet’ means. So, what does this ‘Non-Diet’ term mean anyway? Let’s break it down. Letting go of dieting may sound both terrifying and appealing, especially if you’ve...

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Diets and Weight Cycling

NATALIE FAELLA / May 17, 2019

DIET – that four-letter, inescapable word in our society – is defined as “a regimen of eating and drinking sparingly so as to reduce one’s weight.” Dieting is commonly (and sometimes arbitrarily) recommended by medical professionals to patients with BMI levels...

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Weighing in on “Baby Weight”

NIKKI VANCE / May 15, 2019

Babies are in the news! Meghan Markle and Amy Schumer both delivered their first babies last week. And with the excitement of these arrivals, came the expected scrutiny. While some articles like this praised Meghan for showing the world what a woman’s...

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Intuitive Eating Groups Starting Soon!

Amy Gardner / April 2, 2019

We have several Intuitive Eating Groups starting the week of April 22nd. Diets and prescriptive meal plans provide external guidance, leading to mistrust of the body. IE shifts the paradigm, transitioning responsibility for eating back to the body (where it...

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The Nutritionist’s Role in Eating Disorder Treatment

AMY GARDNER / February 27, 2019

February 25th through March 3rd is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. We’d like to take this opportunity to talk about what our work with eating disorder patients looks like. Successful treatment of eating disorders involves a multi-disciplinary approach. Members of...

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Body Diversity: All Bodies Have Fat, Some More Than Others

AMY GARDNER / February 24, 2019

I read this story on Love What Matters blog and had to share it. This is such an important message for parents, caregivers and medical providers. Children’s bodies are different and develop at different rates. It’s so important to embrace biodiversity, look...

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