Ep. 37 - Public Health 2.0 ft. Le Greta Hudson

BrownTown listens, learns, and again converses about public
health, this time in the education field, with Le Greta Hudson,
registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, and professor
in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of
Missouri. The team discusses the nuances, the disconnects, and
aspiring symbiotic relationship between academia and the real
world in building healthy communities, thus navigating poverty,
food policy, access, transportation, and everything in between.



Following up from the more geography-based conversation from
Public Health 1.0 with Jessica Puri, BrownTown and Le Greta (yes,
Caullen’s mom) move into the realm of education with the guiding
question, how does one educate on individual-health while working
within an equitable framework that places public policy at the
cornerstone of a learning model for real life application? Like
everything in our socialized world, health is not apolitical and
we must demystify this notion as well as decolonize the larger
field and industry in order to work towards a more liberatory and
anti-oppressive future. As Black, brown, and female bodies are
constantly under attack via rhetoric and policy and low-income
individuals continue to struggle to make enough to support
themselves and their families, we must be radical in our
reimagining and re-implementing a fair and accessible public
health system.


Le Greta outlines how she came to this work from high school
until now. The gang discusses the relationship between academia,
community education, and health in addition to the role optics,
culture, and systems of oppression play. As David explains his
turn to health(ier) eating (shoutout oat milk and quinoa), Le
Greta explains the difference between a registered dietitian and
a “nutritionist,” adding how the field is requiring practitioners
to be more credentialed. The team then dives deep into the
poverty simulator, a physical experiential learning tool that
sensitizes participants to the challenges of low-income
individuals while identifying areas of change on a micro-, mezo-,
and macro-level that directly impact the effects of poverty on
individuals, families, and communities (download the brochure).
Le Greta wraps up by stressing the importance of her field, her
work, and the necessity for more people of color and low-income
folks to not only be in certain roles, but cater towards
disenfranchised groups. This extends to health and science public
education in secondary and even grade school in effort to set
every young person up for success.


 


GUEST
Le Greta Hudson, MS, RDN, LD, CDE is a registered dietitian,
certified diabetes educator/clinical instructor, and professor in
Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at the University of Missouri.
She has previously been a clinical dietitian and community
educator working on-on-one with communities and individuals as
well as consulted with diabetes management companies. Most
recently, she is now a Commissioner for the Commission for
Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and looking into becoming a
holistic cannabis practitioner. Follow LeGreta on Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and the University of Missouri
website.


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CREDITS: Intro song Fried Chicken by Nas
ft. Busta Rhymes and outro song Sing About Me, I'm Dying of
Thirst by Kendrick Lamar. Audio engineered by Genta
Tamashiro.


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