Ep 77 with Wendy Sterling
Plate by Plate to Recovery with Wendy Sterling
In this episode, Wendy steps us through her career as an eating disorder dietitian and she shares more about historical exclusion of dietitians from the Family-Based Treatment (FBT) model, how the plate-by-plate aims to support FBT and empower parents, practical ways the plate-by-plate approach can be introduced, the reality of its introduction and how we can move forward and past any resistance. We also hear what the plate model aims to do, why it has the ability to heal one’s relationship with food and some new and very exciting news!
Listen to the Episode here:
Here Fi and Wendy speak about:
Wendy’s experience starting out in a large multi-disciplinary setting, how she got into sports performance nutrition and how she first connected with her colleague and co-author, Casey Crosbie.
The Family-Based Treatment (FBT) model; how it has historically excluded dietitians and how this can impact parents and patients.
The contradictory dilemma of long wait times / lists for families seeking FBT treatment.
How the plate-by-plate approach created by Wendy and Casey aims to work alongside the FBT model, to not only support but empower parents and how it can act as a bridge when families are on waitlists.
Wendy offers some practical ways dietitians can begin using the plate-by-plate approach whilst working with a family on a FBT treatment waitlist as well as ways it can be introduced to clients and families in general.
The reality of introducing the plate-by-plate approach.
How to move forward with any resistance to introducing the plate-by-plate approach.
What the plate-by-plate approach really aims to do for its patients and families.
Why the plate-by-plate’s model has the ability to put back together the relationship patients, parents and whole families once had with food.
Some very exciting news! Wendy shares how she came back together with Shelley Aggarwal and Signe Darpinian to co-write the parent’s version of ‘No Weigh’.
As mentioned in the podcast:
Family-Based Treatment (FBT) Model (also referred to as the Maudsley method)
How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder: A Simple, Plate-by-Plate Approach to Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food (Book) by Casey Crosbie and Wendy Sterling
No Weigh! A Teen’s Guide to Positive Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom (Book) by Signe Darpinian, Wendy Sterling, and Shelley Aggarwal
More about Wendy:
Wendy Sterling, MS, RD, CSSD, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian Supervisor through IAEDP, and a Board-Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. She is the Team Nutritionist of the Oakland Athletics, and was the former nutritionist for the NY Jets, and Golden State Warriors. She is the owner of Sterling Nutrition, a nutrition private practice in the Bay Area, and utilizes a non-diet, Health at Every Size® approach. She is the co-author of “How to Nourish Your Child Through an Eating Disorder.” She and her co-author Casey Crosbie, RD, CEDRDS created the innovative approach to refeeding called the “Plate-by-Plate Approach®,” a no-numbers, visual approach, which has been featured in the Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. She is also the co-author off “No Weigh! A Teens Guide to Body Image, Food, and Emotional Wisdom.” She and her co-authors have an upcoming book, due out late 2021, for parents who want to help their teens with body satisfaction and their relationship to food.
Wendy received her B.S. in dietetics/nutritional sciences from Cornell University. She earned her Master’s Degree in Nutrition Education at Teacher’s College at Columbia University where she also completed her dietetic internship.
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