Sunny Side Up Nutrition

In the second episode of our 5-part series on raising competent eaters we talk about: Raising a competent eater vs. an intuitive eater What happens when parents micromanage their child's food The concept of nutritional ‘scaffolding’ Red flags to look out for, particularly for pre-teens & teens Problematic terminology such as “healthy food vs. junk” or “red light vs. green light” foods Links: Intuitive Eating Ellyn Satter's Division of Responsibility Sunny Side Up Nutrition Lutz, Alexander &

In the first episode of our 5-part series on raising competent eaters we talk about the ways in which our food environment growing up affects the way we feed our children; diet culture and how it influences the way we eat and feed our families; Ellyn Satter’s ‘Division of Responsibility’; what happens when we pressure children to eat certain foods at mealtime; age-appropriate eating and food exposure. Links: Ellyn Satter Division of Responsibility Sunny Side Up Nutrition Lutz, Alexander &

Introducing the Sunny Side Up Nutrition podcast, a series of informative, but light-hearted conversations about nutrition, movement & body image as they relate to kids (toddler to teen).