#60 - Including Farmworkers in Our Anti-Diet Work with Dr. Hortencia Jimenez

01/11/23 • 43 min

*Content Warning: This week's episode contains references to sexual assault.*
This week, we’re talking to Dr. Hortencia Jimenez. Dr. Jimenez is from huichol ancestry, she was born in the Sierra Madre in the state of Nayarit, Mexico and immigrated to the United States with her paternal grandmother and aunt. She holds a BA, MA, and Ph.D in Sociology and is also a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Dr. Jimenez is a full time Sociology professor at the community college and currently working on a co-edited undergraduate textbook on Latinxs studies with SAGE Publishing, a leading press in the social sciences. Dr. Jimenez research writing has appeared in academic publications and has numerous awards and recognitions for her work in the Latinx community. She was featured for her undieting work in Belatina news, a leading Latina digital platform, as well as CanvasRebel. Dr. Jimenez has been interviewed by First Gen American, Latinos En Vivo, Radio Bilingue, and has been on numerous podcasts. She is a contributing expert for UnDiet Your Mind app, a community based app where members can work on their UnDieting journey in a safe and supportive HAES, non-diet and Intuitive Eating aligned space. Dr. Jimenez work centers on dismantling diet culture from a social and racial justice framework and helping Latinxs heal their relationship with food and tapping into their ancestral wisdom and integrating an intuitive eating framework.
We had an amazing conversation about...

Why we can't talk about diet culture without talking about trauma & oppression
The importance of including farmworkers & farmworker justice in our conversations about Intuitive Eating & diet culture
The paradox & injustice of farmworkers being the backbone of the US food system, yet experiencing food insecurity themselves
What it means to experience cultural food insecurity
And how Hortencia is making Intuitive Eating concepts accessible to the Latinx & farmworker community!

You can find out more about Hortencia at https://hortenciajimenez.com/!
Or you can connect with Hortencia via social media on Instagram or LinkedIn!

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!
And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

Why we can't talk about diet culture without talking about trauma & oppression
The importance of including farmworkers & farmworker justice in our conversations about Intuitive Eating & diet culture
The paradox & injustice of farmworkers being the backbone of the US food system, yet experiencing food insecurity themselves
What it means to experience cultural food insecurity
And how Hortencia is making Intuitive Eating concepts accessible to the Latinx & farmworker community!

You can find out more about Hortencia at https://hortenciajimenez.com/!
Or you can connect with Hortencia via social media on Instagram or LinkedIn!

Previous Episode

#59 - Aging With Vitality & Body Liberation with Debra Benfield

This week, we’re talking to Debra Benfield, M.Ed., RDN/LDN, RYT. Debra has helped hundreds of women heal their relationship with food, eating, and their bodies in her 35-year career as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist specializing in the prevention and treatment of disordered eating.
Debra brings her wisdom, passion, and lived experience to the intersection of pro-aging and body liberation. Her work is rooted in helping her clients: Recognize internalized ageism and end it; Dismantle internalized diet culture/fat phobia; Nourish their bodies to support vitality in aging; Create ease in the fight to “control” their eating and body size; and develop a respectful partnership with their bodies. She integrates the practices of self-compassion and nervous system regulation with
her nutrition and body image coaching to support embodied and sustainable
change.
Debra offers 1:1 coaching, small group coaching, and professional supervision. She also owns and administers a private practice of big-hearted and wonderfully talented
RDNs who specialize in weight-neutral care and the treatment of eating disorders.
We had an amazing conversation about...

The fatphobia in pro-aging spaces
The ageism in fat liberation spaces
The parallels between the anti-aging industry & diet culture
The ableism in the concept of "aging well"
And the importance of interrupting intergenerational diet culture narratives!

Debra's new small group coaching program, Aging with Vitality and Body Liberation, is open for enrollment until January 10th! And she's hosting an open house for anyone who wants more information on January 6th at 12pm ET/9am PT. Get all the details at https://www.debrabenfield.com!
Or you can connect with Debra via social media on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn!
Referenced in this episode:
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole-Smith
How to Raise an Intuitive Eater: Raising the Next Generation with Food and Body Confidence by Sumner Brooks & Amee Severson

Next Episode

#61 - What's Wrong With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children with Anna Lutz

*Content Warning: This week's episode contains use of the O-word, as well as discussion of weight loss surgery.*
Earlier this month, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a new guideline document containing weight loss recommendations for children as young as two years old. So this week, we are talking to Anna Lutz, MPH, RD, LDN, CEDRD-S
about everything that's wrong with these recommendations.
Anna Lutz is a Registered Dietitian in Raleigh, NC. Anna and Elizabeth Davenport, another anti-diet RD, are the co-creators of Sunny Side Up Nutrition, a blog and podcast that focus on nutrition, cooking and family feeding, free of diet culture. Anna is also the co-owner of a private practice in Raleigh, NC, Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy. Anna specializes in eating disorders and pediatric/family nutrition and enjoys mentoring and providing clinical supervision to other dietitians.
We had an amazing conversation about...

How these recommendations are a full reversal of the AAP guidelines from 2015, and the conflicts of interest that likely influenced this shift
The life-long physical, medical, and relational harm of weight loss recommendations for children
The increased risk for eating disorders & weight cycling that will likely result from these recommendations
Why weight loss recommendations are never a solution to weight stigma
How parents can navigate pediatrician appointments in light of these recommendations
And what health markers actually are important for kids!

You can find out more about Anna & about diet-free parenting at Sunny Side Up Nutrition or Lutz Alexander Nutrition Therapy | Raleigh Durham Chapel Hill (lutzandalexander.com).
Or you can connect with Anna via social media on Instagram or Facebook!
Referenced in this episode:
Serious Issues with the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents by Ragen Chastain
Special Edition: Dangerous New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children by Ragen Chastain
A Letter to Your Child's Doctor
Don't Talk About My Child's Weight Cards