The world is a scary place right now. We are all full of anxiety, overwhelm, fear, frustration and anger. I've been overwhelmed this past week as I moved the entire Eat With Knowledge "office" to a virtual private practice. Luckily, Elyssa, Laura and I have done virtual work before, since virtual nutrition counseling online is … [Read more...]
5 Ways Parents Must Support Their Child’s Relationship with Food
Here at Eat With Knowledge, we get many inquiry calls from concerned parents about their child’s eating habits and behaviors around food. This could be in the form of under-fueling like talking about dieting, restricting calories, eliminating food groups, connecting food to "must work out", or extreme picky eating. Parents can also be … [Read more...]
20 Tips for Intuitive Eating and Eating Disorder Recovery in 2020
Cheers to 2020! I hope your new year has been off to a great start. I love this time of year to get organized, be back in my routine, and dream about the future. What I HATE is all the diet commercials on TV and diet products on Instagram. Have you seen them? WW, Atkins, Noom…. Different “weight loss shakes”, gym ads… the list goes on … [Read more...]
Why It’s Okay to Let Kids Eat Halloween Candy (and you too!)
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Costumes, pumpkins, hayrides, and yes… candy! Clients and friends always ask me what I think about Halloween candy for themselves and their kids. Questions like “How much should kids eat?”, “What about all that sugar???”, and my personal favorite… “What do you think about the Switch Witch”? … [Read more...]
No Child Should Ever Be Put On A Diet
We MUST band together and STOP diet companies from creating another generation of dieters. You may have seen the news that Weight Watchers (or newly branded WW) has launched a "healthy eating" app for kids called Kurbo. Don't be confused by the term “healthy eating”- this is a diet in disguise because it focuses on weight loss. There are … [Read more...]
