In today’s episode our Clinical Outpatient Dietitian will discuss how the role of diet culture & society’s weight stigma influences our relationship with food. We will dive into debunking the morality of food, how weight does not equate health, how childhood food experiences & trauma shape our present-day beliefs & the prevalence of disordered eating in America’s population.
Understanding Your Relationship With Food
Featured Speaker:
Natalie Feriozzi, MS, RDN, LDN
Natalie is a Registered & Licensed Dietitian who has worked as Kirby Medical Center’s Clinical Outpatient Dietitian for 2 years. Her passion for nutrition comes from years of experience in diabetes management with all populations, including herself! Natalie has been a Type 1 Diabetic for 24 years. She serves the pediatric-geriatric populations & treats a variety of disease states through nutrition education & counseling.
Prior to working at Kirby, Natalie attended Illinois State University & Eastern Illinois University, where she earned her B.S. & M.S. in Nutrition & Dietetics. Her dietetic internship was completed in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Natalie is in process of becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor & Certified Diabetes Care & Education Specialist. She is currently an ADCES Lifestyle Coach, which focuses on Type 2 Diabetes prevention.