About 14.7 million American children are affected by obesity(1) and, while many people with larger bodies are healthy, obesity puts children at increased risk for health problems including Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, sleep apnea, asthma, joint pain and difficulty with physical functioning, as well…
You may never have heard of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) before but – if you’ve ever shared a meal with a toddler – then you know that picky eating is very common in early childhood. In fact, it is a pretty normal and even developmentally…
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” -Teddy Roosevelt. I love this quote, but is it really true that comparison is the thief of joy? It turns out, actually, it is not so much the comparison itself but how you compare yourself to others that makes…
Many of you started January off with goals to lose weight, get in shape, or just love your body more. In previous posts, I’ve written about the harmfulness of dieting and why accepting yourself while making small, gradual steps towards a healthier lifestyle is…
Have you made your New Year’s Resolutions yet? Are they to get fit? Eat healthier? Be happier with your body? If you’ve put “lose weight” on there, I want you to think carefully about that choice. A lot of teens will go into the New…
Some parents worry that they caused their child to develop an eating disorder. Current evidence does NOT support this view at all. Rather, eating disorders are complex mental illnesses with a multitude of contributing bio-psycho-social factors. For one, eating disorders are hereditary conditions that are…
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