Hi, I’m Sarah, a Registered Nutritionist based in Scotland. My perspective on what matters in nutrition has changed over the years and this series is an opportunity for me to chat with people I admire about how we communicate about food. I’ll explore where we’re at just now and what we can collectively do to make a difference, making eating well without stress a reality for all children and families.
Eating Words
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Hi, I’m Sarah, a Registered Nutritionist based in Scotland. My perspective on what matters in nutrition has changed over the years and this series is an opportunity for me to chat with people I admire about how we communicate about food. I’ll explore where we’re at just now and what we can collectively do to make a difference, making eating well without stress a reality for all children and families.
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July 9, 2020
The language of nutrition and health, with Maxine Ali
<p>I’m delighted that today’s episode, the final of this series, is with Maxine Ali, someone who really understands the language of health. If you don’t already know Maxine’s work, she is a writer, journalist and linguist, with a focus on women’s health and wellness culture. She has an MSc in Medical Humanities from King’s College London, currently works in academic publishing, and is an advocate for inclusion and diversity within the health sciences. Our conversation is quite broad and we go off on a few tangents - I am definitely at the tired stage of lockdown with kids! We chat about the problems with some of the dichotomous terms that are used about children’s food, the classist connotations of terms like “junk food”, and stigmatising language around weight. We touch on lifestyle medicine, health media and the gendered approach to parenting, then go on to think about helping children challenge the narratives they experience about certain foods or bodies, and the importance of including diverse perspectives in policy formation.</p> <p>Some of the things we mention are:</p> <p>Edd Kimber's books: <a href="https://www.theboywhobakes.co.uk/">https://www.theboywhobakes.co.uk/</a></p> <p>Change 4 Life 2019 advert, where mum does the shopping: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWE_UMno5P8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWE_UMno5P8</a></p> <p>The Conscious Kid, an organisation set up to support families and educators to raise antiracist kids: <a href="https://www.theconsciouskid.org/">https://www.theconsciouskid.org/</a></p> <p>Happiful magazine: <a href="https://happiful.com/">https://happiful.com/</a></p> <p>Maxine's website: <a href="http://maxineali.com/">http://maxineali.com/</a></p> <p>Maxine on Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/maxineali/">https://www.instagram.com/maxineali/</a></p> <p>And, as ever, you can find me at: <a href="https://www.sarahdempster.co.uk/">https://www.sarahdempster.co.uk/</a></p> <p><br></p>
June 26, 2020
Connecting communities through food, with Ruth Davie
In this episode, I chat with my friend Ruth Davie, a community nutritionist who runs a food project called Fundamental Foods in Prestonpans, East Lothian. We chat about how she got started in community nutrition after she completed her nutrition degree, and how her work has changed over the past few years, as concerns around food insecurity have increased. This episode is for you whether you’re a parent or professional if you’ve ever been interested in what community food projects do, especially when it comes to addressing the difficulties that so many families are currently facing in simply accessing enough food. It may also be of interest to anyone studying nutrition who wants to know more about the types of projects that are looking for volunteers to help you gain experience. Some of the things we mention are: BBC good food, where Ruth goes for recipe inspiration for her cooking classes: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes Fare Share, and organisation that redistributes surplus food to charities: https://fareshare.org.uk/what-we-do/ Ruth's organisation Fundamental Foods, which is part of the Pennypit Community Development Trust: https://www.thepennypitcommunitydevelopmenttrust.com/community-nutrition I also thought it might be useful to share some details of other organisations working on community food and food insecurity. In Scotland, the Poverty and Inequality Commission are looking at wider actions to address food insecurity, and produced this recent report: https://povertyinequality.scot/publication/local-action-to-tackle-food-insecurity-during-the-coronavirus-crisis/ Other community food projects based in Scotland, along with national work to support community food, can be found through Community Food and Health Scotland: https://www.communityfoodandhealth.org.uk/ At a UK level, the Food Foundation is working hard to realise children's right to food: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/childrens-future-food-inquiry/ And of course, there is much more going on nationally and internationally to support equitable access to nutritious food. You can contact Ruth via the Pennypit at the link above, or find her on twitter: https://twitter.com/fundamentalruth You can contact me at https://www.sarahdempster.co.uk/
June 12, 2020
It's not about the omega-3. Child feeding with Caroline O'Connor RD, IBCLC
Caroline O'Connor is a Registered Dietitian and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant based in Ireland's second-biggest city, Cork (sorry people of Cork for saying it's out of the way... it's a big city, I know, I know). Caroline has worked as a Dietitian for almost 20 years and specialises in paediatric nutrition, now running her own business Solid Start where she offers one-to-one support as well as online weaning courses. We talk about some of the issues Caroline helps families work through in her clinic; some of the ways that parents can nurture a positive and relaxed feeding relationship; supporting breastfeeding and what prompted Caroline to take an additional qualification in lactation; our shared concerns about the influence of the food industry in children’s nutrition; and why Caroline thinks it’s great that there are more Dietitians talking about child feeding on social media. I hope that both parents and professionals can find something interesting or helpful in the conversation. We don't share a lot of detailed advice as you will hear Caroline explaining that specific child feeding advice does need to be offered one-to-one by a qualified professional. The resources that we mention in the conversation are: Dina Rose's book "It's not about the broccoli" - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Not-About-Broccoli-Lifetime/dp/0399164189 The Worry Cycle, which comes from Katja Rowell & Jenny McGlothlin's book "Helping your child with extreme picky eating" - https://www.extremepickyeating.com/about-the-book/ Amy Brown's book "The positive breastfeeding book" - https://www.pinterandmartin.com/the-positive-breastfeeding-book First Steps Nutrition Trust - https://www.firststepsnutrition.org/ You can find Caroline at http://www.solidstart.ie/ You can contact me at https://www.sarahdempster.co.uk/
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