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[quote=Anonymous]Wow. Clearly none of you have looked at the app. It’s not focused at all on healthy eating habits. Hummus is a red food for example. It’s focused on weight loss and making money. it will encourage black and white thinking in kids that are already prone to black and white thinking. Do you really think it’s improving health to have kids think hummus and avocados are foods you should feel guilty about and avoid? If you really think that’s health, then you are probably  also dealing with disordered eating yourself. And I say that with no judgement because I deal with it too, stemmed partly from these types of approaches that teach you foods are either bad or good.

Also, kids NEED healthy fats to GROW. Their bodies are growing and these things are even more essential for them, but it’s pushing an old school low fat adult diet that hasn’t even been standing up to research. This is really concerning. It’s also normal during puberty for kids to gain a significant amount of weight as their body grows. Telling kids this is a terrible thing and teaching them to restrict when their body is just going through a normal process is so concerning. The app is geared to as young as 8 years old!

If you really want health for your children, teach them to enjoy a variety of nutritious foods (hummus and avocado included!), to listen to their body, and eat together as a family. [/quote]

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