What is Food Trauma?
Trauma informed nutrition (TIN) recognizes that dietary patterns and disease are associated with adverse experiences and trauma resulting in a chronic stress response. TIN rejects shame, blame and stigma related to weight, diagnosis, and eating behavior understanding that one's health may be impacted more by adverse childhood events than individual choice. Adverse events that are physically or emotionally harmful, even life threatening, can not only have lasting effects on health and well being, but also the relationship with food and one's relationship with their body. Research has linked the impact of trauma and chronic stress to health conditions including heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, liver and lung disease.
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect
Divorce, Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, Family Separation, Incarceration, Untreated Mental Illness
Bullying, Violence, Natural Disasters, War, Discrimination, Poverty, Involvement of Child Welfare, and Pandemic and Medical Trauma
Adverse Food Experiences
Body Shaming
Food Restriction
Loss of Food Tradition
Shame, Bias, and Stigma receiving food assistance
Control over Food
Unreliable/Unpredictable meals
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect
Divorce, Substance Abuse, Domestic Violence, Family Separation, Incarceration, Untreated Mental Illness
Bullying, Violence, Natural Disasters, War, Discrimination, Poverty, Involvement of Child Welfare, and Pandemic and Medical Trauma
Adverse Food Experiences
Body Shaming
Food Restriction
Loss of Food Tradition
Shame, Bias, and Stigma receiving food assistance
Control over Food
Unreliable/Unpredictable meals
Kathleen Putnam, MS RDN
The Trauma Dietitian |
About KathleenKathleen offers a compassionate, mindful integrated approach toward healing, creating balance, and empowering a balanced healthy relationship with your food and body. Kathleen offers parents an opportunity to create a different relationship with food and body for their children.
Kathleen is a Dietitian, Food Therapist, Lifestyle Coach and Consultant. She has over 25 years experience coaching and treating patients with disease, food, and eating issues and concerns. She also supervises Nutrition Graduate students at Bastyr University Natural Health Clinic , and is a certified parent coach. For more information on Kathleen's background, certifications affiliations and accomplishments, please visit the About Kathleen page on Nutritionworks. |
Kathleen helps people move through transitions, loss, and grief by holding space, building resilience. For more information visit kathleenputnam.net
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