Nail Your Nutrition Podcast

11: Fiona Sutherland, Dietitian and Body Image for Athletes Expert on How Athletes Can Improve Body Image

June 30, 2020 Nail Your Nutrition
Nail Your Nutrition Podcast
11: Fiona Sutherland, Dietitian and Body Image for Athletes Expert on How Athletes Can Improve Body Image
Show Notes

Sarah and Marita interviewed Registered Dietitian and Sports Dietitian, Fiona Sutherland. Fiona is the Director of The Mindful Dietitian and  has been practicing as a Dietitian for over 20 years, primarily in the areas of eating behavior, eating disorders, body image, sports nutritional nd education/training.

Fiona is a Health At Every Size ® and Non Diet Dietitian. She is the host of the Podcast “The Mindful Dietitian” and as a Sports Dietitian, does consulting at The Australian Ballet School and national sporting organizations.  Fiona also teaches across Masters Level Dietetic training programs at several different Universities in Melbourne specifically in Counseling Skills and Weight Inclusive Approaches in Dietetics.
 
Today's topics include:

  • How both impactful and slow and non impactful exercise can be beneficial for the body and the key to listening for both 
  • What body image is and how it differs from body positivity, body neutrality and more
  • Why athletes may be more pressured to fit a sport specific body image with “athlete culture”
  • How body image can differ inside and outside of sport
  • What we can do to change the systemic culture in sport
  • The warning signs of poor body image
  • How mindfulness may help us sit with thoughts and discomfort and where you can start if this is new 
  • A little bit about why and how supervision can be helpful for health practitioners



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