Parents - I beg you not to put your kids on diets and delete any tracking apps you find on their phones. Last week, Weight Watchers (well, now called WW) launched an app called Kurbo to “help” parents teach their kids about nutrition and reach a “healthy weight” through daily tracking of food and exercise. The app is targeted to 8 to 17-year-old children. As a registered dietitian who has … [Read more...] about Nobody’s Kids Need This Type of Weight Loss and Dieting App – please read and share
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How to Help your Teen Feel Good about Food and Body Image
Has food become the latest battleground in your house? Do you notice your child eating all the time and worry they are gaining too much weight? Having worked as an eating disorder dietitian for the past 20 years, this is a concern I hear from parents all the time. It’s hard to relinquish control of our kiddos’ food now that they are spending so much more time away from home. Sometimes it’s … [Read more...] about How to Help your Teen Feel Good about Food and Body Image