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Dr. Stuttgen-Finn shares her own battle with an eating disorder and how she was able to heal her relationship with food after years of struggling and change her lifestyle to what made her feel healthy and happy. Dr. Kelsey Stuttgen Finn, a geneticist, bioethicist, and researcher, is extremely passionate about teaching, and normalizing and embracing the uniqueness and diversity of the human condition. Her research interests include cancer genetics, family communication about genetic information, pediatric genetic ethics, and ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics and genomics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx