#18 How Mya Kwon is bringing the Anti-Diet approach to the dietetics curriculum

In this episode (#18) we speak with Mya Kwon about the work she is doing to bring weight-neutral practices to the curriculums of various health majors, like dietetics! Mya is a Registered Dietitian and holds a Master of Public Health in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Washington. She practices and teaches from an anti-diet and weight-inclusive approach.  She is currently a nutrition faculty at Seattle Pacific University, teaching a wide range of nutrition courses for various health majors from this weight-inclusive lens, and feels passionate about educating students about the harms of weight-biased care.   Additionally, in her online business, she facilitates a virtual group program called “Body Respect,” geared towards helping individuals move away from food guilt and body shame, and into food + body peace.   She can be found on Instagram @foodbody.peace and her website, https://www.foodbodypeace.com/ In this episode you'll hear: Mya's journey to teaching and dietetics [5:17] How Mya is addressing some of the gaps in the dietetics curriculum at the university level to help see the whole patient  [10:20] Defining the anti-diet approach to health and nutrition  [14:21] The Effectiveness of Diets and weight-centric approaches. [ 16:04] Mya shares examples of her own clients that went diagnosed due to a previous experience with a weight-centric approach [21:35] The impact of weight-neutral modalities and how that impacts future practitioners. [24:41] & more great discussion on weight-centric bias and how it affects our mental, physical and emotional health.  Resources:  Behind the Binge Podcast Episode 17 with Dr. Maggie Landes Weight Inclusive Nutrition & Dietetics (WIND) If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here: Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist Youtube: Binge Nutritionist [email protected] MaKaiNutrition.com

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