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Love You More PodcastEp 66: Parenting Beyond Diet Culture with Oona HansonJuly 22, 2025Love You MoreEp 66: Parenting Beyond Diet Culture with Oona Hanson Episode summary:Grab your coffee and settle in for a heartfelt conversation with writer, educator, and parent coach Oona Hanson to explore how diet culture affects families, especially boys, in today’s appearance-focused world. Oona shares personal and professional insights, including her own child’s experience with an eating disorder, and reflects on the often-overlooked body image pressures boys face around fitness, leanness, and muscularity.Oona offers compassionate, practical advice for parents raising sons who ma...
2025-07-1547 min
Progressive Parenting ProjectCompassionately Curious with Oona Hanson: Practical Body Image & Food Relationship GuidanceHi SweetSmarties! I was so excited to interview Oona Hanson this month! I have been aware of her work for many years, so getting to talk to her directly was a dream come true! We both have a lot of theoretical knowledge about Body Image and developing a healthy relationship to food, eating, digestion, etc., and while I really appreciate that, I wanted to focus on practical applications during this conversation. We discuss concrete steps we can actually take in our daily lives to improve this, as well as warning signs to help identify more severe issues, such as...
2025-06-2053 min
The Midlife Feast#156 - How to Cancel Your Clean Plate Club Membership with Emily Sucher, RDIf you’ve ever felt guilty for not finishing your plate, even if you’re full, and you’re not 100% sure why, you might be a member of the Clean Plate Club.In this episode, I invited registered dietitian Emily Sucher to explore how messages from childhood are still impacting our food decisions today. Whether you grew up hearing about starving children or just hate the idea of wasting food, this conversation offers a fresh perspective. Emily shares compassionate ways to tune back into your body’s cues, reframe what food waste really means, and help the...
2025-06-0225 min
Food Psych Podcast with Christy Harrison#334: “Adrenal Fatigue” + Anti-Inflammatory Diets + Eating-Disorder Recovery with Oona HansonParent coach Oona Hanson joins us to discuss how going to a physical therapist for back pain led her down a wellness-culture rabbit hole, why dietary restrictions to “fight inflammation” just ended up harming her relationship with food and her body, how she got the dubious diagnosis of “adrenal fatigue,” and more. Behind the paywall, we get into how she helped her child heal from an eating disorder (and how that process changed the course of her career), how parents can help their kids navigate pressures from diet and wellness culture, why smart and science-minded people can still fall for well...
2025-04-2443 min
Rethinking Wellness“Adrenal Fatigue” + Anti-Inflammatory Diets + Eating-Disorder Recovery with Oona HansonThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit rethinkingwellness.substack.comParent coach Oona Hanson joins us to discuss how going to a physical therapist for back pain led her down a wellness-culture rabbit hole, why dietary restrictions to “fight inflammation” just ended up harming her relationship with food and her body, how she got the dubious diagnosis of “adrenal fatigue,” and more. Behind the paywall, we get into how she helped her child heal from an eating disorder (and how that process changed the course of her career), how parents can help the...
2025-04-2142 min
Plateful ParentingEpisode 27: Raising Body-Positive Kids with Oona HansonIn this week’s episode of Plateful Parenting, we’re joined by parent coach Oona Hanson, a nationally recognized expert in helping families navigate diet culture, body image concerns, and disordered eating. With a background in education and a deep understanding of the emotional landscape families face, Oona offers compassionate, practical guidance for raising body-confident kids in a world steeped in food rules and appearance pressure. Together, we discuss how diet culture shows up in parenting, schools, media, and even healthcare—and how parents can reframe their language and actions to support their child’s well-being. Oona shares ad...
2025-04-1545 min
Behind The BiteEp. 227 - Raising Kids in a Diet-Obsessed World: How to Spot the Signs of an Eating Disorder with Oona HansonIn this episode of Behind the Bite, Dr. Cristina Castagnini interviews Oona Hanson, a parent educator and eating disorder advocate. Oona shares her journey from being an educator to focusing specifically on eating disorders and diet culture after her own child developed an eating disorder. The conversation covers crucial information for parents about recognizing warning signs, navigating treatment challenges, and creating a supportive environment for recovery.SHOW NOTES: Click hereFollow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behind_the_bite
2025-03-2745 min
Real Health Radio326: Parenting Without Diet Culture with Oona HansonThis week on the show I'm chatting with parent coach Oona Hanson. We talk about her child developing an eating disorder, the FBT model, and the many reasons that parents reach out to her for help.
2025-03-122h 00
Ed Stott & The Big Life QuestionsRaising Kids with a Healthy Relationship with Food (Even if You Don't Have One) with Leslie SchillingHow can we avoid passing on our own fraught relationship with what we eat? We all need to eat - it's a simple fact of life, yet for so many of us it's a very complicated thing. Even if we are one of the few people who do have an uncomplicated relationship with food, we live in a society saturated in diet culture. So how do we raise kids with a healthy relationship with food? Leslie Schilling is a non-diet dietician, nutrition therapist & the author of Born to Eat & Feed Yourself. In this epi...
2025-02-1457 min
Impossible BeautyEpisode 156: Oona Hanson- Parenting Without Diet CultureAmidst the pressures and messages of diet and wellness culture, it can be hard to know how to help the next generation establish a healthy relationship with food. And that’s where Oona Hanson comes in. Oona Hanson is an educator and parenting coach. Through her writing, workshops, and private consultations, she supports families in raising kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. Oona also worked as a Family Mentor at Equip, where she was part of a multidisciplinary care team treating children with eating disorders. She has been featured in television programs, like Goo...
2024-09-0454 min
Taking Up Space with Cassie KrajewskiRaising Kids Without Diet Culture with Oona HansonGuest Bio
Oona Hanson is an educator and parent coach who is passionate about helping parents raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. She works with parents who are navigating diet culture and anti-fat bias, including those who have a child in treatment for an eating disorder. Oona holds a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology and a Master's Degree in English. Her work has been featured widely, including on CNN, USA Today, Good Morning America, People, and Parents Magazine. She is a mother of two and lives in Los Angeles.
2024-05-1547 min
Plus Mommy PodcastHow to Raise Kids to Have a Healthy Relationship with FoodAre you wondering how to raise kids to have a healthy relationship with food while repairing your own? Learn from parenting expert Oona Hanson as she shares insights on breaking the cycle of diet culture, fostering body positivity, and supporting your child’s intuitive eating journey. Join us for practical tips and empowering advice to help your family thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-05-141h 00The Midlife Feast#110 - Parenting Without Diet Culture with Oona HansonJoin me and parent coach Oona Hanson for a compassionate conversation about the tangled relationship between diet culture, body image, and family dynamics. Drawing from both professional expertise and personal journey through eating disorder recovery, Oona offers helpful insights into the subtle ways language shapes our beliefs about food and self-worth, and how these patterns impact the next generation.Together, we call out why parenting in the face of eating disorders is so tricky to navigate, and why we have to prioritize understanding and advocating for early intervention over blaming ourselves. We cover fostering positive body image...
2024-04-2941 min
The Body Competence PodcastNurturing Body Competence Throughout Adolescence with Oona HansonJoin Michelle and Oona Hanson (she/her), in this episode all about navigating hard body conversations with our adolescent children. Oona Hanson is passionate about helping parents and guardians raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. In addition to her private practice as a parent coach, Oona has worked as a Family Mentor at Equip, an eating disorder treatment program. Oona holds a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology and a Master's Degree in English. Her work has been featured widely, including on CNN, USA Today, Good Morning America, US News & World Report, People, and P...
2023-12-131h 03
The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS#88: Building Diet Culture Resilience & Preventing Eating Disorders in Teens with Oona HansonOona Hanson joins us today to talk about the prevalence of disordered eating in our teenage years. Whether you are raising a teen or not, we were all teens ourselves once, and this episode explores all the different risk factors and red flags for body shame and restrictive eating in that very vulnerable season of life. Some of the topics we chat about include... Risk factors for EDs in teens Anti-fat phrases we need to retire from our vocabulary Why being an athlete means having a higher likelyhood of developing an eating disorder How coaches can su...
2023-10-161h 17
Non-Diet Companion™Fostering a Healthy Relationship With Food and Body With Oona HansonIn this episode, we're talking about our role in supporting a healthy relationship with food and body in our children and to do that, I brought on Oona Hanson, a true expert in this area.
Oona Hanson helps parents and guardians raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. In addition to her private practice as a parent coach, Oona also works as a Family Mentor at Equip, an eating disorder treatment program. Oona holds a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology and a Master's Degree in English. Her work has been featured widely...
2023-07-1454 min
Beyond The MirrorS2E9: Parenting Without Diet Culture With Oona HansonThrough her writing, workshops, and private consultations, Oona supports families in raising kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. She runs Parenting Without Diet Culture, where she shares curated resources. As a Family Mentor at Equip, Oona works with parents and guardians whose child is in treatment for an eating disorder. Passionate about helping kids build confidence and self-efficacy, Oona developed Common Sense Camp, a program to help parents teach their kids essential life skills. Oona’s work has been featured in various publications, including People, USA Today, US Ne...
2023-02-2758 minBeyond The MirrorS2E9: Parenting Without Diet Culture With Oona HansonThrough her writing, workshops, and private consultations, Oona supports families in raising kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. She runs Parenting Without Diet Culture, where she shares curated resources. As a Family Mentor at Equip, Oona works with parents and guardians whose child is in treatment for an eating disorder. Passionate about helping kids build confidence and self-efficacy, Oona developed Common Sense Camp, a program to help parents teach their kids essential life skills. Oona’s work has been featured in various publications, including People, USA Today, US Ne...
2023-02-2758 min
ON BOYS PodcastListener Q & A: Boy Communication, Socialization, & Girl PowerWhy do boys....? Bringing up boys brings up all kinds of questions! Jen & Janet have answers. Photo by Pixabay Tamara asks: Why do boys communicate through physical touch/aggression and use sarcasm for communication rather than regular conversation? Katrina worries that her son may be alienating himself from his friends -- and missing out on social opportunities -- because he's so dedicated to his sport. She says: I'm afraid he's distancing himself from his friends and will one day find himself without them. How do I bring it up without seeming like a nag?? Elena wants help answering her...
2022-10-2045 min
Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhDHelping Teens and Tweens Navigate Body Changes and Food Stuff w/ Oona HansonWe’re back with a brand new guest this week on Don’t Salt My Game - the lovely Oona Hanson. Oona spent 25 years in education and now helps parents and guardians raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body. As well as her private practice as a parent coach, she also works as a family mentor at Equip and holds a master's degree in educational psychology and a master's degree in English. Her work has been featured widely including on CNN, USA Today, Good Morning America, US News and World Report Today, People and Pare...
2022-07-0849 min
10 Seconds To AirFood, Diet, DamageWe are surrounded by fad diets, apps that promise to put us in tip- top shape and "clean eating" - whatever that means? This is diet culture. It has us feeling shame when we eat certain foods and ultimately can lead us to a negative relationship with food. This relationship with food and body image affects our families and how kids think about what they eat and how they view their bodies. What messages are they receiving when they hear "no dessert before dinner" or "no junk food."?In this episode, Family Coach Oona Hanson breaks down the effect th...
2022-06-0836 min
I AM HUMAN203: Parenting without diet culture with Oona Hanson (Veggie Doctor Radio)In this episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, Oona Hanson and I discuss how to navigate the complexities behind parenting without diet culture. Ad-free episode: https://plantscription.substack.com/subscribe Disclaimer: The information on this blog, website and podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to replace careful evaluation and treatment. If you have concerns about your or your child’s eating, nutrition or growth, consult a doctor. OONA HANSONhttps://oonahanson.comhttps://instagram.com/oona_hanson
2022-04-171h 14
ON BOYS PodcastHelping Boys Develop Healthy Body ImageHow can we help boys develop healthy body image?
That's not a question parents of boys asked in previous generations. Girls, parents thought, were the ones at risk for body dissatisfaction, given the constant onslaught of heavily stylized (and often Photoshopped) images of impossibly perfect and thin women featured in magazines, movies, and TV shows.
But boys aren't immune to body image pressure. As many as 75% of adolescent boys are dissatisfied with their bodies – and that dissatisfaction leads many of them to TikTok & Instagram, where they encounter unrealistic images of chiseled abs and chests AND workout and nutrition regimens that infl...
2022-03-3140 min
The Messy IntersectionHow Feeding Professionals Do and Don’t Use DORIs Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility (DOR) the be all and end all of feeding kids? On this episode, Diana explores this recent theme from the show and in the world of anti-diet kid feeding at large.
This unique episode is formatted as a "call in" show and features voicemail recordings from the following feeding professionals, who share their own experiences with DOR:
Yaffi Lvova @toddler.testkitchen
Krystyn Parks @feeding_made_easy
Maggie Perkins @tomata_rd
Crystal Karges @crystalkarges
Dani Lebovitz @kid.food.explorers
Lauren Sharifi @LaurenSharifiRD
Terri Ney @tinybitesnutrition
Rachel Rothman @nutrition.in.bloom
Oona...
2022-03-1547 min
HealED PodcastParenting Without Diet Culture with Oona HansonIt's no secret that we all grew up in diet culture. But is diet messages interfering with your parenting?
Today I had the pleasure to talk with Oona Hanson a parent educator who helps parents and guardians raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body.
This conversation was full of gems! If you are a parent or want to become a parent one day- this episode is a must!
Oona's work has been featured widely, including on CNN, USA Today, Good Morning America, US News & Wo...
2022-02-1646 min
ON BOYS PodcastBoys Get Eating Disorders TooMales represent 25-40% of individuals with eating disorders.
That’s not something people tell us when our boys are babies, and it’s not something most pediatricians mention at well-child checks -- despite the fact that males are at a higher risk of dying from an eating disorder than females.
"We have this notion that only a certain type of a person gets an eating disorder," says Oona Hanson, a parent coach and Family Mentor at Equip, an eating disorder program. But that's simply not true. People of all ages, races, backgrounds and genders can develop disordered eating or exercise habi...
2021-05-0643 min
Sunny Side Up NutritionMyths & Truths About Eating Disorders with Oona HansonHappy 2021 everyone! In the first episode of season 2 Anna M. & Anna L. have a conversation with Oona Hanson, an educator who provides support to parents of teens & tweens as a parent coach. We discuss: Some common, yet false, assumptions about eating disorders. Ways these misconceptions increase risks for people who may be 'flying under the radar' and not getting diagnosed (and therefore not getting the help they need). Effective strategies parents can use to help kids appreciate body diversity. The importance of the messages we send our kids about food & bodies. How modeling acceptance of body changes fosters...
2021-01-0425 min
Sunny Side Up NutritionMyths & Truths About Eating Disorders with Oona HansonHappy 2021 everyone! In the first episode of season 2 Anna M. & Anna L. have a conversation with Oona Hanson, an educator who provides support to parents of teens & tweens as a parent coach. We discuss: Some common, yet false, assumptions about eating disorders. Ways these misconceptions increase risks for people who may be 'flying under the radar' and not getting diagnosed (and therefore not getting the help they need). Effective strategies parents can use to help kids appreciate body diversity. The importance of the messages we send our kids about food & bodies. How modeling acceptance of body changes fosters...
2021-01-0426 min
The Hunger Trap PodcastChildren and Diet CultureIn Episode 5 Lisa and Diana chat with Oona Hanson, a parent coach, about helping children navigate the rough seas of body image and healthy food relationships in our diet-centric culture.
2020-12-2254 min
Dear Family,Twinpowerment- Nell & Tish- Identical Twin Trauma Specialists, Writers, & Crafters on Empowerment to Heal Your Body, Mind, & SpiritNell Dardie and Tish Granville are Twinpowerment- identical twin sisters who empower others to get past trauma. They’re both licensed professional clinical counselors in the state of Ohio where they practice. They specialize in the treatment of most clinical disorders mainly focusing on trauma and inner child wounds. They treat depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance abuse, anger. They discuss how therapy is seen in the Black Community, the benefits of faith-based therapy, the study of epigenetics, our family origin stories, and so much more. You’ll be fascinated to learn how trau...
2020-12-0853 min
Dear Family,Oona Hanson- Educator and Parent Coach on Diet Culture and her Common Sense Camp to Teach Kids Practical Life Skills Oona Hanson is a parent coach who has been in education for over twenty years and supports parents of teens and tweens going through the rough stuff and challenges of life after her child dealt with an eating disorder. Passionate about helping parents raise kids who have a healthy relationship with food and their body, Oona writes and gives talks on fostering body image resilience and lowering the risk for eating disorders. During the pandemic summer of 2020, she launched her Common Sense Camp, offering a framework for teaching kids essential life skills at...
2020-09-0147 min
Comfort FoodAmy and Virginia, Reunited! (And it feels so good)Our quarantine schedules and the stars have finally aligned and we're back to (mostly) recording together! This week we're just catching up on all things in our #pandemicparenting and food lives. (Yes, we're agonizing over school.) Plus an update on episode 80, with some thoughts on the role weight tracking can play in eating disorder prevention and recovery, from educator, parent coach and HAES advocate, Oona Hanson. Find us @v_solesmith and @yummytoddlerfood on social media or email comfortfoodpodcast@gmail.com. FEEDING YOUR FAMILY, THE COMFORT FOOD WAY Our new e-book takes you through 8 concepts that will form the...
2020-07-3034 min
Reach. Teach. Talk. With Nat DamonAdolescent Health with Oona HansonLos Angeles-based Parent Coach Oona Hanson has been a high school English teacher, a one-on-one academic tutor, and a parent educator. Listen to Oona share her definition of health while she explains why the student-parent-teacher "relationship triangle” is critical toward its maintenance.
2020-02-1125 min