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Zest Nutrition Consulting

Locality: Penrith, New South Wales

Phone: +61 405 673 925

Address: 169 Cox Avenue 2750 Penrith, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.zestnutrition.com.au

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25.01.2022 With gratitude to Elissa, a member of our Lived Experience Advisory Board for sharing their lived experience... As a child, teenager and adult, I went on pret...ty much every weight loss diet under the sun. I was successful at so many things, but always failed at diets. I now know that 95% of the time diets don’t actually work. Would you take medicine or have surgery that only had a 5% success rate? And yet the weight loss industry continues to thrive by selling a broken product. Dieting made me miserable and food obsessed. At 44, I am now relearning how to eat and move in a way that enhances my health and wellbeing without silly rules and restrictions. I am also embracing the #bodyneutrality movement which, as a children’s entertainer, is super important to me. Diet culture needs to be systematically dismantled, so no child, teen or adult has to go through the unhealthy relationship with food and movement that I have been through. HAES Australia are incredibly grateful for the leadership and guidance of the Lived Experience Advisory Board, who are a group of community members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who provide advice and feedback regarding HAES Australia’s activities, plans and policies. The Lived Experience Advisory Board meet four times a year, or as needed, and members are paid for their contributions. HAES Australia, as a group of individual health practitioners, is an organisation working to address weight stigma, notably in healthcare, learn more about weight stigma here https://www.haesaustralia.org.au/weight-stigma-awareness-we. Our work aims to advocate and partner alongside people with lived experience to advocate for increases in equity in healthcare. Learn more about us, and become involved as a healthcare practitioner here: https://www.haesaustralia.org.au/ #WSAW2020 #endweightstigma #haesaustralia

23.01.2022 Mince pie fail. Smells good though #bakingfail #christmas

22.01.2022 Here’s a Pepper pic for all of you that really wanted to see Pepper and not me in this weeks consults! School holidays meant she was busy organising the kids

21.01.2022 Take. Up. Space. Just in case you need a push, here’s @partigirlpepper taking all the space she needs to be comfortable, to be fully herself. You do not need to shrink yourself for any reason.

21.01.2022 I’m pleasantly surprised to read such a positive story on this without the handwringing what about... Calling out trolls and fighting back is not for everyone and massive respect to Magda for doing it. And if keyboard warriors want to resort to name-calling about her weight, she says, I am no longer stung by that. But I won’t let them use it as a weapon to push fat people, or anyone really, out of the conversation. And, as a fat person, you’re not supposed to ever fight back. You’re supposed to just cop it because you’re fat and you brought that on yourself. I thought, ‘Well, f*ck that!’ Thanks Magda and thanks Daily Tele. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au//0c6049aec999e23c7467b4c

21.01.2022 Weight Stigma Awareness Week 2020: The intersection of Weight Stigma, Eating Disorders and other stigmatised identities We live in a complex world where we all... wear a range of ‘hats’ with different roles and identities. We need to consider that many people with eating disorders may have more than one identity with which they experience stigma from within their own, and or the wider community. This can create overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. Intersectionality is a term to describe how race, class, gender, and other individual characteristics intersect" and overlap with one another in ways which have additive impacts on people's experience (Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw,1989). This may include body size, gender, race, sexuality, socioeconomic circumstances, class, physical ability, occupation, education and health related stigmas. As health practitioners, we would agree that our clients are our greatest teachers. To address bias and stigma, it's important we make every effort to ensure that their voices are heard in healthcare and treatment settings and where possible, elevated to support inclusive and affirming care. Read more: Recovering from an Eating Disorder in a Queer Body is an Act of Social Justice (OJ) http://thirdwheeled.com/recovering-eating-disorder-queer-b/ This is What It's Like To Battle an Eating Disorder as a Trans Person (Teo Schlögl and Cory MacKenzie) https://thebodyisnotanapology.com//more-complicated-than-/ Healing the Disconnect and Starting a Revolution: Eating Disorders and Disability (Christie Ladner) https://thebodyisnotanapology.com//healing-the-disconnect/ Thick Dumpling Skin: Eating Disorders & Asian Identity (Ani Chao and Lynn Chen) https://thebodyisnotanapology.com//thick-dumpling-skin-ea/ America Is Utterly Failing People of Color With Eating Disorders (Angela Garbes) https://splinternews.com/how-america-fails-people-of-color- Women of Color: The Eating Disorder Survivors Who Suffer in Silence (Achea Redd) https://www.swaay.com/black-women-color-eating-disorders The Broken Lens: How Anti-Fat Bias in Psychotherapy is Harming Our Clients and What To Do About It https://www.tandfonline.com//full/10/02703149.2018.1524070"

16.01.2022 This year has been hectic. Understatement of the century! We’re heading into the busiest time of the year. Traditionally it’s pretty full on physically and emotionally. In order to offer eating disorder dietetic services throughout the festive season in an effective and consistent manner we have closed to new referrals until Feb 2021.

16.01.2022 Here’s your public service announcement. Rest if you need to xx

16.01.2022 This is glorious. Representation of the beautiful diversity of humans is so needed

15.01.2022 Dear Daughter, I saw your smiling face crumble out of the corner of my eye. I noticed you stopped scrolling on your phone and looked deeper into the screen. You...r body that was sitting comfortably in our minivan went rigid, and then you shifted in the leather seat to look out the window towards snowy trees and empty soccer fields. Your sigh sounded like you had the entire world on your shoulders. When we stopped at a traffic light, I turned and softly asked, Are you okay, honey? Is something wrong? And you replied, No, Mom. Everything’s cool. But I knew it wasn’t. Someone in this world just told you that you were not enough. I knew better than to pry. I’ve learned the hard way when dealing with teenagers that fewer questions usually lead to more answers eventually. That knowledge didn’t stop me from wanting to take you in my arms and protect your beautiful spirit or wonder what it was that changed your mood. There are so many times this world will try to beat you down, so many times people will tell you that you are not worthy. Was it your grades? Please know your GPA, your class rank, or what college you attend can’t measure your goodness. Remember that life is about the impact you have on others, so work on building your brain and growing your heart, and the rest will fall into place. Was it a picture you saw on Instagram or a mean-spirited message on SnapChat? Please know that what others do on social media is not about you, sweet girl. Give that person the benefit of the doubt, and try to give them grace. What people write online says infinitely more about them than it will ever say about you. Was it an ad you saw with a supermodel who sported perfect hair and a killer body? Did that make you feel disappointed in your appearance? In this crazy world, media tells women they are inadequate a minimum of one thousand times a day, and photo editing changes what we think is normal. You will want whiter teeth or straighter hair. Nicer clothes. Plumper lips and thinner thighs. I wish I could say it gets better, but it doesn’t it all depends on how you see yourself. Fight the urge to conform and love what makes you unique. Remember, cookie cutters should be used in baking and not for people. Did someone break your trust? Unfortunately, this will happen a lot over the years. Your friends or people you date may not adhere to the same standard of privacy as you do, or their desire to feel in the know is more important than your relationship. Learn that when people show you who they are, you need to believe them but never forget that some friends also deserve a second chance. Go with your gut. Are you sad for someone else? I hope you never sit idly by when someone else gets treated poorly. You have to live with yourself and adhere to your moral compass. Remember to use your voice. It is stronger than you think. Dear daughter, I know you may never tell me what sunk your spirit today, I may never know who told you that you are not enough. But please remember this: no person or achievement, no amount of likes or fans, no number on the scale or score on a test can make you happy. It is a choice you have to make every day, and it is hard. Find what makes you the happiest and do a lot of that. And know that you are exactly enough as you are at this moment. Anyone telling you differently just wants to feel enough too.

14.01.2022 I’m taking a little break this week to restore and revitalise. Not quite this much of a break, but you get the vibe....

13.01.2022 Blockout shutters, no more sweating to death under the mid summer glare. Zoom appointments are awesome but not in the glare of western Sydney summer sun #workingfromhome

13.01.2022 Super excited to ‘attend’ this from the comfort of my dining table. Virtual learning is one of the silver lining of this shitshow of a year!

12.01.2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com//a/abs/pii/S1740144517303790 Experienced weight stigma can be explicit (i.e., deliberate, such as beliefs that fat patients are... lazy and weak-willed) or implicit (i.e., non-deliberate, such as an environment that does not accommodate fatter bodies), and research suggests that even implicit biases among physicians contribute to health disparities for marginalized people (Chapman, Kaatz, & Carnes, 2013). Ultimately, weight stigma (both implicit and explicit) can manifest as healthcare professionals’ negative attitudes and behaviors towards higher weight patients (Phelan et al., 2014; Sabin, Marini, & Nosek, 2012; Tomiyama et al., 2015). These negative attitudes and behaviors not only contribute to higher weight patients’ experiences of weight stigma at their healthcare provider’s office, but they likely negatively impact their future health care utilization, either with that provider or other providers. (Mensinger, 2018) A weight-centric position would suggest that addressing weight stigma is best addressed by changing attitudes and environments, with the explicit goal of enhancing engagement in weight loss services. In contrast, a weight inclusive paradigm position to address weight stigma would be to develop awareness of, and directly address, biases within healthcare - which not only include personal attitudes & behaviours, but also research & policies - which are then associated with guilt, shame and avoidance. From there, to offer collaborative health behaviour decision making based on lived experience and evidence-based care. Everyone, in every body, deserves high quality, respectful healthcare. Everyone. https://www.haesaustralia.org.au/weight-stigma-awareness-we HAES Australia, as a group of individual health practitioners, is an organisation working to address weight stigma, notably in healthcare. Our work aims to advocate and partner alongside people with lived experience to advocate for increases in equity in healthcare. Learn more about us, and become involved as a healthcare practitioner here: https://www.haesaustralia.org.au/ #WSAW2020 #endweightstigma #haesaustralia

10.01.2022 Little ears are listening. Little eyes are watching. If we are serious about interrupting the trans-generational impact of diet culture (which includes putting ...the brakes on appearance-related conversations) then let's start local. It's completely understandable that we greet people starting with their appearance - we mean well & this is how we've been socialised. AND we can't ignore that it sends strong messages to younger people about "how to greet people." Do we see younger kids doing it? Nope. And let's leave it like that as long as possible. What to do/say instead: There are a million other more interesting and kind ways to greet & speak with people that have nothing to do with appearance. One question I am often asked if when others - sometimes grandparents or families-in-law - comment on us, or our child's appearance. Comparisons are often the worst, particularly from sibling to sibling, or cousin to cousin (my clients tell me ALL THE TIME that this deeply impacted them as children so please try not to do this). If it's your in-laws, you might think about putting your partner to work in having the conversation with their family, awkward as that may be. Asking people ahead of time stops those heart-in-the-mouth moments where we might find ourselves either been too syrupy-sweet or a little too harsh. And let's just start with ourselves. Notice the urge to comment - on yourself or others. And either spread the shush, or consider what else to say.... And as for food? Please can we just enjoy it, and make our own choices rather than labelling it. Someone at the table will thank you. . . #bottleoshush #thegiftofshush #thegiftthatkeepsongiving #allbodies #foodpeace #bodypeace #mindfuldietitian

09.01.2022 Weight stigma has significant impacts on people in many different ways, both subtle and more overt. Although it is acknowledged that people in all body shapes a...nd sizes can feel critical or negative towards themselves and their bodies, weight stigma is specifically directed towards, and felt most significantly by people in larger bodies. We all absorb ideas about weight, shape and size via strongly socialised messaging, and weight stigma are the specific ways that our biases are enacted in the world. We might think about stigma as something that is perpetrated by unkind individuals, and although this can definitely be the case, it is more often perpetuated by people who simply are not aware of the harms of exclusion. As a group of health professionals, we feel strongly that examining our own weight biases (amongst many other biases that we hold as humans) is one of the keys to reducing the harms of stigma. The impact of weight stigma can be catastrophic, resulting in delayed or denied healthcare, reduced opportunities in educational and workplace settings, increased allostatic load (the wear and tear on a body that occurs with repeated or chronic exposure of stress) and greater risk of health conditions such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Weight stigma in and of itself directly contributes to illhealth - physical, social, emotional and psychological. This week, we encourage you to learn more about weight stigma and join us for important conversations. https://www.haesaustralia.org.au/weight-stigma-awareness-we. Who are we? HAES Australia, as a group of individual health practitioners, is an organisation working to address weight stigma, notably in healthcare. Our work aims to advocate and partner alongside people with lived experience to advocate for increases in equity in healthcare. Learn more about us, and become involved as a healthcare practitioner here: https://www.haesaustralia.org.au/ #WSAW2020 #endweightstigma #haesaustralia

08.01.2022 Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat. It's ok if this is all you can manage right now. Your body knows how to breathe even if you're not able to do much else. Send...ing all my love to my dear friends in the US and around the world, holding you close xxx #mindfuldietitian #breatheinbreatheout #compassion #love #

08.01.2022 Destroyers, have you heard of the Health at Every Size (HAES) movement? At its core, HAES rejects the idea that weight, size, or body mass index should be used... as key indicators for health. Instead it focuses on being inclusive of a diverse range of body types, helping people improve their overall health, eating for wellbeing, and finding joy in being physically active. In Australia, there are around 80 verified providers mainly psychologists and dieticians. Non-diet, body inclusive personal trainer Shreen El Masry is one of them. Her fitness groups have fun hula hooping, racing in potato sacks and dancing. El Masry says many of her clients have "fitness trauma" from gyms which don’t cater for all body types, and tend to only push high-intensity exercise. She's also testament to the adverse effects extreme diet and exercise can have on women’s fertility: https://www.abc.net.au//diet-exercise-fitness-wom/12747248 Destroyers, have you experienced fitness trauma? Were you able to change your focus and reclaim your health? What advice do you have for women who’ve fallen into the extreme diet / exercise trap?

07.01.2022 Weight stigma is literally a matter of life and death

05.01.2022 I love this, thanks to Health, Not Diets for sharing. Show your kids fat athletes and celebrate their success not as an anomaly, but as a natural diversity of bodies that engage in sports. There might be a little round 9-year-old that needs your encouragement to make it around all the bases. https://www.psychologytoday.com//fat-and-athletic-can-coex

04.01.2022 You don’t see much of me on here, because this space is not really about me. But geez aren’t filters a funny thing? I have lots of friends my age and younger that love them. I see comments all the time ‘baaaaabe stunning’ ‘soooo hot’ ‘’ and I think ‘but it doesn’t look like her’. I was playing around with some of the filters friends use in their Instagram stories. It was Saturday night, I’d had a wine of two, I couldn’t see a bloody thing without my glasses I think the first one is ‘normal’ the last one is ‘studio’ and the middle is some crazy arse filter. I cannot deny how much I prefer the middle picture!!! What I also cannot deny is that it doesn’t make me feel ‘beautiful’ ‘confident’ ‘worthy’ ‘grounded’ it actually makes me feel a bit ‘less than’ like I should ‘do’ something about myself. How do you all feel if you use filters?

04.01.2022 Seriously Dolly Alderton, new girl crush. Just listened to her on the Off Menu Podcast with James Acaster and Ed Gamble she was delightful, hilarious and a food lover. Now this. Excellent human alert!!

01.01.2022 Please read through before commenting When we have not experienced harm at the hands of health professionals - including Dietitians - it is easier to sa...y "oh when I say the word diet, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN...." Well, intention matters, yes. But impact matters more. Yes, weight inclusive Dietitians dislike the word "diet" but not because we don't know the literal meaning of the word as per our training. We do! AND we also have developed an understanding that language matters; that many have been harmed, and experienced trauma as a result of dieting, the diet industry and diet culture. To be clear, I am definitely not saying that this is a word that should be struck from our lexicon forevermore. That's not going to happen anyway and I'm very sure that's not the bone I want to pick. Really, what I'm asking us to be is more thoughtful and reflective. Less doubling down and defensiveness. More curious and compassionate. Just because something has not been harmful for you/me/us does not mean that it has not been for others. And this matters. This is why weight inclusive Dietitians get a bit in groups, pages and conversations when we observe our colleagues "debating" whether it's ok to do things, or say things. We also are very understanding that these things take time. Unpacking our own weight centric learning and body biases takes time. Developing new ways of being a Dietitian takes time. Language matters. Intention matters. Impact matters more. #mindfuldietitian #impactoverintention #HAES #weightinclusive #nondietapproach

01.01.2022 I have had the immense pleasure of supporting a young person, who originally presented with Anorexia Nervosa and Social Anxiety, along her recovery journey. In ...our session today, we talked about the improvements she has experienced in every facet of her life by recovering from her eating disorder. Despite these improvements, my client disclosed ongoing embarrassment about the fact that she has "gained 23kgs". I compassionately pointed out to my client: "You do understand that the original weight lost is the problem, not the necessary weight regained, don't you?" This comment led to a thought-provoking conversation about the toxicity of diet culture; the dysfunctional attitudes of bodyweight that our society holds and the dangerous impact it has on the lives of many. My client developed Anorexia Nervosa at the age of 13 years old - the peak age of puberty for females. The age in which the female body naturally gains weight and fat mass in order to produce a regular menstrual cycle and prepare itself for fertility. This period of weight gain is normal and necessary for healthy development to occur. While her aged-matched peers progressed as expected, my client not only failed to gain weight - she lost weight. This deviation from normal development (celebrated by society!!) resulted in my client losing the menstrual cycle she had only recently developed, becoming medically destabilized to the point of requiring removal from school and sport and eventually necessitating hospitalization, the onset of significant emotion dysregulation and suicidal tendencies requiring psychiatric intervention, and leading to significant disruptions to her interpersonal relationships. Through weight restoration alone, my client's health has been renourished, she has returned to school and gone on to pursue extracurricular studies, she has repaired her relationships, she is able to manage life's adversities without psychiatric intervention, and she now has a vision for the future. And yet, she feels the need to hide or defend her weight gain???? My client left today's session happy with the cognitive reframe from "weight gain" to "weight restoration" summarised below. As her therapist however, I am left feeling angry that such reframes are necessary and that society continues to fail to take responsibility for the harm caused by its weight-centric views. The physical- and mental- health of our nation, requires that we all adopt a healthier, more attainable, and diverse view of health, beauty, and success.