It’s the final episode of Beyond Weight - and today, Jill is speaking with Shalyn Yamanaka-Wong. Shalyn is a dietitian who helps families turn stressful mealtimes into relaxing, enjoyable meals. She understands schools and parents struggles with feeding children and helps them raise children with a positive relationship with food and their bodies. She currently lives in Singapore, but works with schools and families all over the world... and today we're talking about Nutrition in Schools!
In this episode, we discuss:
The realization that the life-long struggle with food and body starts young - and schools enforce it
Nutrition messaging in schools - it comes from the curriculum and also from the people who teach and care for our children, most of whom have no nutrition education
When parents affect the curriculum and nutrition messaging at school
The unrealistic, and sometimes conflicting, expectations parents have for their children and eating...and why it makes everyone feel like they’re failing
Worries about the quality of food AND the quantity of food kids are eating while at school
How do we learn to trust kids with sugar?
The challenge of teaching about food in school when eating is often a curriculum and schedule afterthought
Kids aren’t eating at the right times and aren’t given enough time to eat
How food insecurity changes parental concerns
The ideal way to teach nutrition in schools
Learning to feed our kids is an ongoing journey and we’re never done learning!
Links:
website: https://www.simplynutrition.com.sg
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