Body image researcher and Rutgers University psychology professor Dr. Charlotte Markey is back for a second time on the podcast. She has spent nearly three decades researching body image, and has written books for tweens, teens, boys, girls, and adults.
We get into so much…including:
* Body image as relational: how environment and relationships shape how we feel in our bodies
* The father dynamic, achievement culture, and how a critical home environment affects girls
* Biohacking and wellness culture as diet culture in disguise
* What happens when food gets moralized into good and bad
* Parents disparaging their own bodies and how it lands on daughters
* Body dissatisfaction across racial, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds
* Puberty: why normalizing it matters and why the conversation needs to extend beyond adolescence
* How diet culture exploits women’s hormonal life stages
* Whether there is a critical window for body image intervention
* Social media’s impact on body shame and how to learn media literacy for critical thinking and protection
* Body diversity and why the bodies we’re sold are not achievable for most people
* The protein obsession in wellness culture and why it’s concerning in adolescents
* What to do when your daughter is already struggling
* How parents can audit their own relationship with food and body in service of their kids
Charlotte Markey, Ph.D., is a world-leading expert in body image research, having studied body image and eating behavior for nearly three decades. She is passionate about understanding what makes us feel good about our bodies and helping people to develop a healthy body image and relationship with food. Charlotte is an experienced book author, research scientist, clinician, speaker, and psychology professor at Rutgers University, Camden.Her books: https://www.thebodyimagebook.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/char_markeySubstack: https://drcharlottemarkey.substack.com/Find Full Plate on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fullplate.podcast/Find Abbie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbieattwoodwellness/Subscribe to the newsletter: https://abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/Listen to the first episode with Dr. Charlotte Markey
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