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Time to Eat!
Strategies to Create Fun and Healthy Eating Habits for Children
Camille DeYoungNovember 2, 2013
Loving Food from an Early Age
Liam (almost 3 years old)
Mikal (7 months old)
The Secret to Feeding a Healthy Family is . . .
. . . to love good food, trust yourself, and share that love and trust with your child. When joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers. Ellyn Satter
Self-Regulation
• We are born knowing how to self-regulate
• Focus on how your child feeds, and how she or he behaves at mealtime, and try not to focus on what he or she eats
Joy with Food &Quality Mealtime
• Give her experience with a variety of food.
• Let her eat as little or as much as she wants (within reason).
• Show her how to behave at the table - and how not to.
Your child is a “competent” eater when he or she. . .
• Feels good about eating.
• Enjoys meals and behaves nicely at mealtime.
• Picks and chooses from food you make available.
• Eats as much or as little as he or she needs.
Dividing the Responsibilities
Parents Decide (Control)
• WHAT • WHERE• WHEN
Dividing the Responsibilities
Children Decide (Control)
• IF THEY WILL EAT • HOW MUCH
Parents as Role Models
• Food-related activities together–Everyone tries new foods—parents model how–Farmers markets and grocery store adventures!–Pumpkin patch and seasonal excursions
Eating as a Family Activity
• Family Meals–Involvement in preparation of the meal–Setting the table together–Theme nights
Mealtime as an Experience
• Planning ahead• Sitting down together• Focusing on one another • Exploring & describing how food
tastes
Some Thoughts on Snacks &Sweets . . .
• Food is never a reward or a punishment
• Sitting to snack• Snack, especially for the older
child, is his or her time to have control
• “Forbidden Foods” and “Dessert”
Groups/Breakout & Roundtable Discussion
• Ideas of what works well for your family
• What challenges do you face?
• What solutions do you have for the struggles that arise with food & your child or children?
Handouts & Further Exploration
• Healthy Snack Suggestions (handout)
• Breakfast & Snack Ideas (handout)
• Recipes (handout)– Popeye’s Secret NW Smoothie– Easy Tzatziki–White Bean Ranch Dip or Dressing
• Ellyn Satter website: www.ellynsatterinstitute.org