Binge Eating and Diabetes in African Americans
Yumlish: Diabetes and Multicultural Nutrition
English - March 31, 2022 09:00 - 21 minutes - 20 MBHealth & Fitness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dr. Goode talks about social justice in health, her past research on treating binge eating in Black women, and her current research on the interaction between binge eating and Type 2 diabetes in African Americans.
Dr. Rachel Goode is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work and in the Center for Eating Disorder Excellence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions to address health disparities in obesity and disordered eating outcomes.
“African-Americans have six times the odds of struggling with binge eating when it comes to type two diabetes.”
Question of the Day: How important are your eating habits to you when you think about your health?
On This Episode You Will Learn:
Racial Health Disparities
Eating Disorders
Binge Eating
Type 2 Diabetes in African Americans
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Key Points:
00:00 - Intro with Shireen!
01:20 - Can you talk a bit about your path toward the psychiatry field and your specialty in eating disorder and obesity research?
02:40 - How did you develop your professional interest in social justice and investigating racial health disparities?
03:44 - You just received funding from the American Diabetes Association for a project investigating the interaction between binge eating and Type 2 diabetes in African Americans. How did you come to realize the need for this specific approach?
05:50 - Do your hypotheses for this research connect or build on the results of your past research into obesity and eating disorders among Black women?
10:50 - What contribution do you hope to make to the understanding of diabetes and eating disorders among African Americans?
13:39 - What improvements do you hope to see made in the treatment and education about diabetes and eating disorders in the future?
19:58 - How can our listeners connect with you and learn more about your work?
20:49 - Outro with Shireen!