NEW YORK TIMES // FEBRUARY 2020
Parents who struggle with food and self-image can inadvertently pass along unhealthy behaviors. Here’s how to avoid it.
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NEW YORK TIMES // FEBRUARY 2020
Parents who struggle with food and self-image can inadvertently pass along unhealthy behaviors. Here’s how to avoid it.
ELEMENTAL // JANUARY 2020
There’s a movement outside of gyms to make fitness a safe space. Whether the industry will ever fully embrace body positivity remains an open question.
NEW YORK TIMES // JANUARY 2020
Here’s how to keep diet culture off your family table.
NEW YORK TIMES // DECEMBER 2019
‘Division of responsibility in feeding’ is an approach that may help picky eaters and food-fixated kids alike. What it won’t do: make anyone finish their broccoli.
NEW YORK TIMES // NOVEMBER 2019
Why it’s really O.K. if your child eats only rolls (again) this year.
NEW YORK TIMES // OCTOBER 2019
No, your children won’t overload on peanut butter cups. Yes, you can eat their mini Snickers.
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MEDIUM // OCTOBER 2019
Traditional media has come a long way on self-acceptance. But the message is muddied in online spaces.
NEW YORK TIMES // SEPTEMBER 2019
Parents often place a moral value on children’s eating habits — here’s why they shouldn’t.
NEW YORK TIMES // AUGUST 2019
Kurbo by WW promises to fight childhood obesity by teaching kids aged 8 to 17 healthy eating strategies — but is it ever a good idea to teach kids how to diet?
Read on …
MEDIUM // AUGUST 2019
Anorexia has serious implications at any weight, but heavier patients face a pervasive, harmful stigma
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