'Healthy eating' education may be a trigger for eating disorders in students.
, an eating disorder treatment program. “Other than an anaphylactic allergy, there’s nothing in a food that can do more harm to a child than fear of food. The intention to have kids be healthy is great, but unfortunately, a lot of what we’re doing is counterproductive.”Some children who are taught to avoid “bad” foods, for instance, may end up being more drawn to them. “Forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest,” Hanson noted.
“I think a lot of it has to do with my own personal journey of unlearning diet culture for myself and learning what intuitive eating is for myself,” said Gillikin, who is entering her 14th year of teaching. She also recognizes that it’s not fair to criticize kindergartners for their food choices when they’re not the ones going grocery shopping or doing food prep.
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