Weird diets. Peer pressure. Thinspo. UGH. Kids these days have more challenges than ever when it comes to body image. Add a chronic or critical illness & it's all more difficult to navigate. So what to do?

Join Sarah & Kelly in their discussion with Dr. Ginger Quick about how illness & body image intersects & steps you can take to help the youth in your life.

Guest Host Bio

Virginia Quick, PhD, RDN, FAND is the Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. She holds her Bachelor of Science & Doctoral degrees in Nutritional Sciences from Rutgers University & has been a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for over 15 years. She has prior training as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Interdisciplinary Research Training in Child &Adolescent Primary Care Fellowship Training Program at the University of Minnesota’s Division of Epidemiology & Community Health. Additionally, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow for two years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD). Before coming to Rutgers University in the fall of 2015, she was an Assistant Professor at James Madison University in the Nutrition & Dietetics program where her research focus was on the etiology & prevention of disordered eating behaviors among youth & young adults, particularly those with chronic illnesses.

To date, Dr. Quick 's various published research has focused mainly on the etiology & prevention of obesity & disordered eating behaviors, community nutrition interventions, & program assessment & evaluation across the lifespan. Follow her at linkedin.com/in/virginia-quick-a6129b11/

Resources

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week - NEDA
Matthew D. Nemesure, Chloe Park, Robert R. Morris, William W. Chan, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft, Gavin N. Rackoff, Lauren A. Fowler, C. Barr Taylor, Nicholas C. Jacobson, Evaluating change in body image concerns following a single session digital intervention, Body Image, Volume 44, 2023, Pages 64-68,

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Dinner with Kids : Body Image, Illness and Youth