Speaking Of Hungry

On this episode of Speaking of Hungry I chat with Rachel Larkey, a Brooklyn-based registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, who works in a federally funded health center where she uses intuitive eating and health at every size (HAES) in her approach to community healthcare. Rachel and I discuss: Teaching intuitive eating to clients who struggle to make ends meet and don’t have access to enough food on a daily basis.  How the desire to lose weight for various reasons is universal across various ethnicities, backgrounds, and sexual identities.  Working with a patient who is convinced they must focus on weight loss.  Teaching intuitive eating to a patient population that does not have financial means for resources and a lack of food security.  Rachel’s master’s degree work and hopes to develop a protocol for other community dietitians to bring intuitive best practices into a health clinic and community settings successfully. Rachel’s side work teaching weight lifting and how she