157: Intergenerational Food Trauma

What did you learn from the people who raised you about food and weight? How did their caregivers talk to them about diets and fatness? Today we have a super VIP special guest; my Mum! We talk about The Great Starvation (Irish Potato Famine), and British colonialism and look at research on trauma passed down the generations. Even if you don't come from a family that experienced something similar, day-to-day trauma around food and size can be incredibly impactful for many generations.

Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/157

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Intergenerational Food Trauma

Exploring Irish Multigenerational Trauma and Its’ Healing: Lessons from the Oglala Lakota (Sioux): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276489566_Exploring_Irish_Multigenerational_Trauma_and_Its'_Healing_Lessons_from_the_Oglala_Lakota_Sioux

Summary of "It Didn't Start With You" by Mark Wolynn: https://backend.quickread.com/files/400/books/ebooks/mark_wolynn_it_didn%E2%80%99t_start_with_you_400.pdf?player=1

Intergenerational Trauma In Modern Ireland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dht6aYNPWrA

Effects of Hunger: https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/impact-of-hunger

Did the Irish Famine trigger mental illness in the Irish?: https://www.irishcentral.com/news/irish-famine-mental-illness-connection#:~:text=Irish%20historian%20Oonagh%20Walsh%20believes,Ireland%20and%20those%20who%20emigrated