Episode 64: Kelly Davidson (she/hers), Registered Dietitian, talks about her role as an anti-diet dietitian in eating disorder treatment
Catherine and Francis are excited to speak with Kelly Davidson, RDN, a Nutrition Therapist working with individuals experiencing eating disorders, having done so at the inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels of care. Her approach towards nutrition is from a Health at Every Size® lens and she is passionate about fighting weight stigma and the negative messages of diet culture. In this episode, Kelly talks through what a RDN’s role in an individual’s eating disorder treatment and recovery looks like, the physiological and mental consequences of undernourishment, and how her complicated and and times harmful relationship with food and body motivated her career choice. Kelly completed her B.A. at Rutgers the State University of NJ and her dietetic internship at Rutgers School of Health Professions. You can follow Kelly on Instagram @kellyd.rd
CW: eating disorder symptoms and behaviors, weigh gain/loss in the context of treatment of an eating disorder, fat phobia, diet culture, body dissatisfaction
anexoria, anorexia nervosa, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, binge eating, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, Catherine Brown, eating disorder, eating disorder recovery, eating disorder stigma, Eating Disorders, family issues, Francis Iacobucci, men with eating disorders, mental health, mental illness, mental illness stigma, pica, weight, weight goals