Symposium Session: Intuitive Eating: Is This Framework Right for Everyone?
Intuitive Eating, an evidence-based, weight inclusive model with 10 principles, a validated assessment scale and more than 200 studies to date, has become exponentially more popular in the past decade, among both dietitians and consumers. Since its inception in 1995, many dietitians have adopted it as a primary framework for working with clients. But it has also received criticism that it’s not an appropriate tool for many individuals, including those from marginalized communities and those who are neurodivergent or have a history of trauma. This criticism has received pushback from some Intuitive Eating dietitians.
Who is Intuitive Eating for, and how can dietitians take a more nuanced approach if they decide that integrating this framework is the right approach for their clients?
Join Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Carrie Dennett for a session that will offer RDs a lot of food for thought. Carrie will provide clear steps to help practitioners understand situations that require only a selection of tools from the Intuitive Eating toolbox, or the use of the entire toolbox.
This is not a webinar or course for purchase - this is a module for credit claiming for our 2025 Spring Symposium attendees and cannot be purchased or taken by non-attendees. These sessions are exclusive to our Symposium; however, the topics may be revisited in the future in the form of a webinar or self-study course.
Learning Objectives
After completing this continuing education activity, health care professionals will be better able to:
- Summarize the origins of the Intuitive Eating framework and who it is intended for.
- Explain the limitations of this framework as it relates to certain types of clients.
- Examine personal biases regarding the use of this framework.
- Assess which Intuitive Eating principles are appropriate for a specific client.
- Establish a more nuanced, skilled approach for integrating Intuitive Eating into nutrition counseling.
Additional Information
Carrie Dennett, MPH, RDN, is a Pacific Northwest-based nutrition therapist, certified Intuitive Eating counselor, journalist, author and speaker. She writes a weekly nutrition column for The Seattle Times and contributes regularly to Today’s Dietitian Magazine.
Carrie is the creator of the Audible Original course “Mindful Eating” and author of “Healthy For (Your) Life: A Non-Diet Approach to Optimal Well-being,” which blends intuitive and mindful eating with a non-diet approach, current nutrition science, and a lot of nutrition myth-busting. Carrie brings these principles to her virtual private practice, NutritionByCarrie.com. She is a second-career dietitian who worked as a newspaper journalist for many years before earning her Master of Public Health in nutritional sciences from the University of Washington.
DISCLOSURES
The faculty and planners of this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU).
RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.
Available Credit
- 1.00 CDR