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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is trying to control your food intake immediately a diet or a food disorder? I watch what I eat and teach my kids to do the same because overeating on a regular basis is not healthy and also makes your body less nimble which makes it harder to have physical fun. Are we supposed to just shovel unlimited amounts of food in our mouth at the expense of everything else?[/quote]

I agree with this.  >70% of adults are overweight.  Junk food is everywhere in pretty much unlimited qualities.  Even if your kids aren’t overweight, they are highly likely to be as adults.  The snacks, fast food, processed food are everywhere and pushed onto us from every angle.  We need to be teaching our kids to eat mostly heathy foods, and exercise discipline and moderation if eating something that has little nutritional value and is essential junk food.  No one needs multiple servings of desserts at a sitting or several slices of pizza, etc.  It’s ok to tell your child they may have 1 cookie, not 3.  [/quote]

Real question - what IS healthy eating?  In practice, what is "normal" and nondisordered relationship with food and body?  Is no mention of body size / function the goal?  This will be subjective, of course.[/quote]

It takes a lot to unpack what we've been taught about bodies and food.  One resource I really enjoy is Virginia Sole-Smith. She has a newsletter and a podcast, and writes extensively online about bodies and eating and the pervasiveness of diet culture.  Basically we've all been taught that "fat=bad and think=good" when in reality, health is very very different from that.  And diet culture, yo-yo dieting, etc can be WAY worse for your health than being overweight.

Go read some of her stuff if you need help re-framing the way we've all been conditioned to think.[/quote]

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