Tracey Bennett

Helping teenagers build a healthy relationship with food - without guilt, fads or hype.

Tracey Bennett is an Educational Nutritionist with an MSc in Obesity and Weight Management and a BSc in Psychology. She delivers interactive, research-based talks under her programme Healthy Eating Without the Hype .

Since 2017, Tracey has worked with secondary schools including Parmiter’s, Aldenham, Channing, NLCS, The Archer Academy and Henrietta Barnett, reaching thousands of students aged 11 to 17. She combines evidence-based nutrition with psychology and relatable storytelling to help teenagers make sense of what they see online - from fad diets and food myths to body image pressures, eating disorders and emotional eating.

Her sessions are lively and visual, using Slido polls, real-world dilemmas and myth-busting games to get large groups thinking critically about food culture and social media. Drawing on her experience as a Childline volunteer, Tracey brings an empathetic, non-judgemental listening style to every talk, creating a safe space for young people to reflect honestly on their relationship with food and wellbeing.

She also runs parent and staff workshops such as The Parent’s Toolkit for Building Lifelong Healthy Eaters, which support whole-school wellbeing and link directly to PSHE and RSHE curriculum aims. Based in London and Hertfordshire, Tracey works with wellbeing leads, PSHE coordinators and senior staff to help schools talk about food, body image and mental health without guilt or restriction.

Healthy Eating Without the Hype

An interactive, myth-busting talk that helps young people cut through the confusing and often contradictory nutrition messages they encounter online.

Students explore food myths, fad diets, ultra-processed foods, emotional eating and the pressures surrounding weight and appearance, while learning what a balanced approach to eating really looks like. Through polls, dilemmas and real-world examples, they are encouraged to question what they see on social media and develop practical, realistic habits that support both their physical and mental wellbeing – without guilt, restriction or perfection.

Body Confidence: Unfiltered

An interactive talk exploring the pressures young people face around appearance, comparison and the pursuit of the ‘perfect’ body.

It looks at social media, self-criticism and unhelpful thinking, dieting and body-image myths, while giving students practical tools to challenge their inner critic, build self-esteem and develop a healthier relationship with their body.

Eating Disorders: Beyond the Mirror

This talk explores eating disorders as mental health conditions rather than simply problems with food. It examines how pressures around perfectionism, control, social comparison and social media can influence young people’s relationship with eating.

Through discussion and anonymous polls, students reflect on the difference between coping strategies and control, and why early support matters. The aim is to reduce stigma and help students understand what may be happening beneath the surface.