Cultural Foods & Eating Disorders

Diet culture and the "health foods" industry capitalize on the erasure of Indigenous foodways, disproportionately impact already disparaged communities, and perpetuate harmful relationships with food. The images we see, slogans and phrases we hear, resources that we have available, and the sociocultural expectations driven by the wellness industrial complex, all keep our psychosomatic health in allostatic overload. Let's explore the biopsychosocial components of food, nutrition, and cultural identity together.

Course content

1 sections | 3 lessons