Stop Calling Food Healthy if You Want Your Kids to Have a Good Relationship With Food

Lift the Shame: Mothering Free From Diet Culture, Food Guilt, and Body Shame

So you want your child to have a good relationship with food, but you may find that when it comes to how you talk about food, old habits die hard. While you might buy in to the whole raising an intuitive eater thing, it may be harder to trust the process - especially when your kiddo never seems to willingly choose to eat veggies and has a high affinity for sweets. Out of your own uncertainty, you might find yourself leveraging nutrition facts or categorizing food in effort to get your kids to make a "healthier" choice. Whether talking about food in terms of healthy vs. unhealthy, good vs. bad - this type of language can create hierarchies in a child's mind, which can directly interfere with their ability to eat intuitively.
Listen in to this week's podcast to learn more about the effects of describing food as healthy to children and what you can do instead.
Show links:

• [Podcast Episode]: "So You Want Your Kids to Be Healthy?"
• [Podcast Episode]: "Do your kids need to learn about nutrition to be healthy?"
• [Podcast Episode]: "Veggies won't save your child's health, but here's what can help"
• [Free Guide]: "6 Phrases to Say to Your Kids to Raise Intuitive Eaters and End Mealtime Battles."

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