🧠 ADHD, Body Image & Intuitive Eating: Making Sense of the Overlap with Brittany Modell

About this episode

Leah Kern and Brittany Modell discuss the complex interplay between ADHD, body image, and eating behaviors, highlighting personal experiences and societal influences.

In this episode of Shoulders Down, Leah sits down with Brittany Modell to explore the nuanced relationship between ADHD, body image, and eating behaviors — and how neurodivergence can shape our experience with food in ways that are often misunderstood. Brittany shares her personal story growing up immersed in diet culture, from early Weight Watchers meetings to navigating a lifelong sense of feeling “out of control” around food. Together, she and Leah unpack how ADHD can intensify food though...

People in this episode

Host: Leah Kern

Guest: Brittany Modell

Topics covered

• ADHD
• body image
• intuitive eating
• neurodivergence
• diet culture
• eating behaviors

Keywords

• ADHD
• body image
• intuitive eating
• diet culture
• neurodivergence
• eating behaviors
• Weight Watchers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Weight Watchers

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