If you give your kids water first when they ask for a snack, or serve vegetables first so your kids fill up on them, you may be following outdated, harmful advice.
Many of us grew up steeped in the belief that a good body is a thin body. This is known as diet culture—the idea that being skinny is more important than our overall physical or mental health. It’s a pervasive viewpoint in North America, so there’s a good chance that you’ve been anPerhaps you marvelled at a celeb’s rapid weight loss after pregnancy or snickered when a famous singer put on a few pounds.
Here’s how to start eliminating toxic diet culture from your lifestyle, so your child can grow up with a healthy relationship with food and aDiet culture dictates that smaller serving sizes preserve a slim body shape and that “overeating” is gluttonous. So when your kid asks for seconds, you might find that it elicits a negative response from you. You might feel frustrated, disappointed or even concerned.
Instead, allow your child to pick a few foods that interest them, whether or not they contain sugar , and say, “Sure, let’s try it!” An occasional treat won’t hinder an otherwise balanced diet that is filled with vegetables, fruit, whole grains and protein. Children learn by trying new foods andIf you’re steeped in diet culture, you may notice yourself encouraging frozen yogurt instead of ice cream or asking your kid to forego a cone in place of a cup to cut calories.
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