Help Kids Create a Healthy Relationship with Food with Dietitian Jenn Messina
Meet Jenn…
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Follow Jenn on Instagram: @jennthedietitian
Find Jenn online: jennmessina.com
Jenn’s course: Raising Body Positive Kids
SHORT ON TIME? Here are some key topics we covered…
1:40 – How Jenn’s upbringing and curiosity lead her to become a dietitian
3:50 – What a healthy relationship with food even looks like today
6:10 – The purpose of food beyond nutrition and why we lose sight of this as we grow up
9:22 – Harmful vs Helpful: the most common things people say to their kids about food
12:15 – What Jenn does in her house to avoid ‘food rules’ with her kids
15:15 – Navigating grazing, growing and doing the best you can
21:33 – “You have to finish everything on your plate”: why it’s important to recognize (and honour) when you’re full
25:02 – Not on the menu: setting boundaries and sticking to them
30:10 – Is it important to sit with your kids for every meal?
33:25 – How to get all the adults in your family on the same page to approach kids eating
35:30 – Language matter: the shocking young age that body awareness sets in
39:00 – Jenn’s 3 fundamental takeaways to bring to the table to help navigate your kids relationship with food and body image
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