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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I was going to make the distinction, I'd say:
Healthy eating = discussing what [i]types of food/nutrients [/i]we should eat
Almond/diet Mom = discussing [i]how much[/i] we should eat (and/or what we should NOT eat)

For 90% of kids, if you provide a lot of healthy food and make sure they are having balanced meals before any snacks/treats, they will self-regulate pretty well in terms of intake.  I really don't think there has to be any discussion about the amounts of food, the size of their portions, etc.  We do have dessert and a bit of junk around.  But once they have a healthy meal or snack, they can't really get through that much. And if my kid is truly getting overweight on e.g. avocados, yogurt, apples and sandwiches (possible but unlikely), then so be it...[/quote]

But that’s not true. It’s quite likely for someone disposed to gain weight. And I agree that it’s fine. But you’re buying into a [b]silly myth[/b] that overweight/obesity is [b]rooted in junk food[/b]. It’s not about Doritos, it’s about hormones and other complicated physiological systems. [/quote]

But that is also not quite true.  American obesity is in large part driven by the type of food we eat (which isn't just "junk food," but that's an adequate shorthand); you can see this by the effects of the spread of the "American diet" and industrialized, processed food worldwide. It is certainly not the only reason, but it is a big one.[/quote]

That’s your belief but it’s not backed up by anything. It’s just as possible to become obese through overeating clean foods as overeating junk foods. [/quote]

One of a million articles on this: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7721435/#:~:text=Several%20factors%20have%20been%20attributed%20to%20this%20epidemic,has%20corresponded%20to%20the%20steady%20rise%20in%20obesity.

I think you would be hard pressed to find a single authority that asserted that society-wide eating patterns/ American diet/ prevalence of processed foods had no effect on obesity rates.[/quote]

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