Veronica’s Bio:
Veronica is a Health at Every Size ®, fat positive, and culinary registered dietitian with over 17 years of experience in the food and nutrition field! For most of her career, Veronica has worked with marginalized and vulnerable populations, particularly Black & Latinx & LGBTQIA+ folks living with food insecurity, substance abuse and mental health issues, as well as chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, kidney disease, and eating disorders. Currently, in her virtual private practice and consulting business, she supports plus-sized/larger-bodied/fat folks in developing a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. She also supports professionals in providing multiculturally competent, weight-inclusive, and social justice-informed care.
In addition to her private practice, Veronica is a bit of a Jackée of All Trades. She is the culinarian and host of the forthcoming online cooking show, Diasporadical Kitchen, which aims to dismantle fatphobia, diet culture, and other systems of oppression while celebrating foods from the African Diaspora. She is the co-founder of Reclaiming Our Plate, a dietitian collective-led community of Black folks critically examining and divesting from diet culture and its inherent anti-Blackness. Veronica is the founder of Black Adventuristas, an organization with the mission to support the wellbeing of Black women by connecting them to each other and adventure experiences in their local communities and beyond! She is the newly elected Vision & Strategy Leader for the Association for Size Diversity and Health, the organization that trademarked Health at Every Size ®. On top of all that, she is training to become a certified death doula.
In this episode we discuss:
-Veronica’s professional and personal experiences with food, weight, and body image
-why she became a dietitian and what she really wanted to do professionally
-what she learned from working with people living with food insecurity, substance abuse, and chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS
-the things that get her FIRED UP about the current health and wellness model
-some of the amazing projects she’s been working on
Important Resources:
Veronica’s website: https://www.veronicagarnett.com
Connect with Veronica on Instagram: @veronicathedietitian
Reclaiming Our Plate on Instagram
You can read the transcript for this episode HERE: