One of the most important things to teach children about eating in today’s obesogenic environment is to pay attention to their internal hunger cues instead of eating based on other influences, such as food advertising, food as a reward, emotional eating, or eating just because food is offered or available. I started these lessons on mindful eating with my … Continue reading
Category Archives: Mindful Eating
Screen-Free Eating
In an effort to help my children develop a healthy relationship with food, I have encouraged mindful eating. That is why we do not eat with the TV on at home and I had a recent reminder about why this is so important. We were eating at a restaurant with TVs showing footage of the limousine fire which killed five women. I did not … Continue reading