Shows
The Nourished ChildBaby Led Feeding: The New Way to Start Solids with BabiesDr. Krupa Playforth and Cinthia Scott, RD discuss their new book, Baby Leads the Way. https://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/
2025-07-0335 min
The Nourished ChildThe Self-Feeding Journey: Expert Tips from Barbara Coven-Ellis From the very first bites to mastering the self-feeding journey, feeding expert Barbara Coven-Ellis gives us tips for helping children develop skills with eating. https://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/
2025-06-1942 min
The Nourished Child“Just Regular:” How the Culture of Fitness Influences Women and Children Sara Dean, a former fitness professional and gym owner, shares her reasons for leaving the fitness world. https://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/
2025-06-0543 min
The Nourished ChildRaising a Child with Celiac Disease Learn about celiac disease in kids from a pediatric dietitian and a mom living with it. We'll cover key symptoms, diagnosis, and how to successfully manage the gluten-free diet for your child's health. https://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/
2025-05-2245 min
The Nourished ChildDo your Kids Need Omega-3 Fish Oil? Do your kids need Omega-3 fish oil? https://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/
2025-05-0843 min
The Nourished Child5 Reasons Parents Struggle with Feeding KidsWant to be more confident with feeding your kids? Understand the common reasons parents struggle with confident parenting and food. https://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/
2025-04-2223 min
Wellness: Rebranded - Intuitive eating, diet culture, mental health, weight training, food freedom, food relationship131. Raising Healthy Kids—Without the Weight Talk with Jill Castle, Kids Thrive at Every SizeWhat does it truly mean for kids to be healthy? Does size determine health? How can we, as parents, foster positive habits that support both physical and emotional well-being?
In this episode we're joined by Jill Castle, a leading childhood nutrition expert and author of Kids Thrive at Every Size. With decades of experience in pediatric nutrition, Jill shares a fresh, whole-child approach to raising healthy, thriving kids—without the harmful focus on weight or size.
In this episode:
The divide between the “fix size” and “embrace size” movements—and where Jill’s approach fits in
Why fo...
2025-04-0238 min
Sports Nutrition for TeensEP15 🎆Teens Thrive at Every Size: Goal SettingAs you look to reach your goals in the new year, join expert pediatric dietitian Jill Castle as she talks setting goals. She has experience working with professional athletes as well as raising her own elite athlete children. Jill brings a wealth of knowledge, a love for nourishing youth, and always brings us back to the research. We are calling this Teens Thrive at Every Size in honor of her new book "Kids Thrive at Every Size" available on Amazon. We will talk about how to focus your goals with ideas for growth, appetite regulation, and performance while making...
2025-01-1035 min
The Nourished ChildSoy Foods: Navigating 4 Major Myths Using Research with Karen Collins and Melissa Joy DobbinsIn this special episode, we shine a light on soy foods and the myths surrounding them. Three registered dietitian nutritionists, including myself, team up for an insightful podcast collaboration to discuss four common misconceptions about soy using the latest evidence-based research. Joining me are Melissa Joy Dobbins, “The Guilt-Free RD” and host of Sound Bites, and Karen Collins, an expert in cardiovascular and cancer nutrition. Together, we break down myths like ‘soy increases breast cancer risk,’ whether soy has “feminizing” effects on boys and men, the belief that processed soy is nutritionally inferior to traditional forms, and concerns abou...
2024-11-0756 min
What Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny MomsFresh Take: Jill Castle, "Kids Thrive at Every Size"The task of feeding kids "the right foods" can give parents a lot of anxiety. Jill Castle, author of the new book KIDS THRIVE AT EVERY SIZE, explains how we can set our kids up with healthy eating habits they'll maintain for life.Jill Castle is a pediatric dietitian and childhood nutritionist, founder of The Nourished Child®, and the host of the Nourished Child podcast. In this interview, Jill and Margaret discuss:
The 8 Pillars of Wellness: Family Culture, Sleep, Movement, Feeding, Eating, Food, Screens, and Self-Love
Useful tips for fostering your child's healthy relationship with food
W...
2024-08-2341 min
The Nourished ChildKids Thrive at Every Size with Guest Interviewer Monica ReinagelMonica Reinagel, registered dietitian and host of the Nutrition Diva podcast, now in its 16th year, takes over the show as a guest host! She interviews Jill about her new book, Kids Thrive at Every Size. Get full information on the blog: https://thenourishedchild.com/blog
2024-08-1541 min
Mom, What's For Dinner?The Mediterranean Diet for KidsSuggestions, Comments, or Questions?The Mediterranean diet is all the rage right now but is it healthy for our kids? This week we break down the Mediterranean diet, its benefits, if it is safe for your child, and some of the most important things to consider if you do choose to make the switch for your child. During this week’s product review of "Keto Coconut Clusters" Jen explains net carbs and sugar alcohols. Additional Links: The Mediterranean Diet by The American Heart Association: https://www.heart.org/en/hea...
2024-06-1135 minMom, What's For Dinner?Navigating Restaurant Menus With Your KidsSuggestions, Comments, or Questions?This week Jen and Izzy talk about the best tips for eating out with your child. It might feel overwhelming to go out to a restaurant with your family, but using these tips will help ease some of that stress and allow you to enjoy your meals out with your family where you don't have to cook! Then Jen talks about her super easy lentil soup recipe. Links: Find Jen’s cookbook Fueling Families here: https://jenbelangernutrition.com/product/fueling-families/
2024-04-3025 minMom, What's For Dinner?Constant Requests for Snacks: Food Obsession or Something Else?Suggestions, Comments, or Questions?Many parents often wonder if their child has a sugar or food obsession based on their actions or behaviors that child has around a certain food. If you have ever wondered if you child has a food obsession this one is for you. Jen and Izzy talk about signs of “food obsessions,” some causes for a child to act this way, and ways to prevent or work through food obsessions. On Jen, what's cooking this week, Jen and Izzy share their top tips and tricks for cooking tofu and making it delicious! ...
2024-02-2036 minMom, What's For Dinner?Nutrition for ADHDSuggestions, Comments, or Questions?There are so many myths out there about the best nutrition or diet plan to follow if you have a child with ADHD. Artificial dyes? Omega 3s? Sugar? This week we break down what you need to know about nutrition’s impact on ADHD and how best to fuel your child with ADHD. Then Jen talks about one of her delicious simple weeknight meals; Weeknight Pasta Primavera.Additional Links: ADHD Diet for Kids- https://www.psycom.net/adhd-diet-for-kidsHealthy ADHD Diet for Kids- https://thenourishedchild.com...
2024-02-1325 minMom, What's For Dinner?Kids Who Eat Emotionally and What You Can Do About ItSuggestions, Comments, or Questions?We are taking a deep dive this week into emotional eating in kids and some of the signs that your child might be eating emotionally. We'll walk you through some ways that you can help your child work through emotional eating and some tips to help prevent it in the future. Jen also shares with us her delicious Winter Quinoa Salad with Citrus Dressing! Links: Find Jen’s cookbook Fueling Families here: https://jenbelangernutrition.com/product/fueling-families/
2024-01-3028 min
Baby Steps Nutrition PodcastEpisode 131- The Link Between Brain Development and Nutrition in Early ChildhoodMentioned in this Episode: AAP Infant Food and Feeding-https://www.aap.org/en/patient-care/healthy-active-living-for-families/infant-food-and-feeding/ Other Dr. Murray's Podcast Interviews https://soundbitesrd.com/podcast-episode-224-digestive-health-dairy-fiber-mindfulness-dr-robert-murray-amanda-sauceda/ https://thenourishedchild.libsyn.com/2019/02 Abbott Nutrition Research Conference (2022)https://anhi.org/resources/podcasts-and-videos/research-and-the-state-of-child-nutrition SNA: Pediatrician's Perspectivehttps://schoolnutrition.org/resource/pediatricians-perspective/ Contact information for Dr. Robert Murray is not available at this time. You may find his...
2023-12-2139 min
The Nourished ChildIt’s a Wrap (+ Some Updates)Jill Castle recaps Season 7 of The Nourished Child podcast and shares some announcements for parents and professionals. Get full show notes and information here: https://thenourishedchild.com/187.
2023-05-2517 minBaby Steps Nutrition PodcastEpisode 101- All About Child Nutrition with Jill Castle, MS, RDN, CDNMentioned in this Episode: Books by Jill Castlehttps://jillcastle.com/about-jill/childhood-nutrition-writer/ Professional Mentorshiphttps://jillcastle.com/professional-mentor/ The Nourished Child articleshttps://thenourishedchild.com/blog/ The Nourished Child Podcasthttps://thenourishedchild.com/category/podcast/ For more on Jill Castle, you can follow her through her websites https://jillcastle.com/ and https://thenourishedchild.com/. For more on Argavan Nilforoush, be sure to follow her on Instagram @babystepsnutrition, on Facebook: Baby Steps Nutrition page, on YouTube...
2023-04-0851 min
Meal Prep Monday Podcast™Bonus! Prep Dish Picky Eating Challenge! (Helping Picky Eaters) | EP#133This page contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support of Prep Dish! Today host Allison Schaaf shares an exciting upcoming challenge. Prep Dish is holding a 21-day picky eating challenge to help families transform mealtime. The challenge provides a concrete 4 step approach to how to address picky eating, as well as fun, hands-on activities to involve kids in the kitchen. Helping picky eaters is something Allison and the whole Prep Dish team are so passionate about! More Details on the Prep Dish Picky Eating Challenge The challenge will answer questions like: What kind...
2022-05-3111 min
The Nourished ChildBack to School Dinner Ideas with Stacie BillisCookbook author and co-host of the podcast, Didn’t I Just Feed You?!, Stacie Billis chats about easy and fast back-to-school dinner ideas for the family. Get full show notes and information here: https://thenourishedchild.com/145
2021-09-3048 min
The Good Clean Nutrition PodcastEpisode 2: The Power of Family Mealtime: Barriers, Benefits and Strategies for Eating Together with Jill Castle, MS, RDN
Mealtime with children can seem like an inevitable uphill battle. In this episode of The Good Clean Nutrition Podcast, host Mary Purdy, MS, RDN, has an enlightening conversation with one of the nation’s premier childhood nutrition experts and member of the Orgain Nutrition Advisory Board, Jill Castle, MS, RDN. Learn strategies for keeping kids more engaged during meals, ways to manage picky eating and to slow the rush during family meals, and more expert tips from Jill to help you and your family enjoy mealtime together.
Jill Castle, MS, RDN is a reg...
2021-09-0926 min
Eat, Drink, Live LongerFamily Feeding StyleOn average, parents serve up an estimated 28,000 meals and snacks during their child’s lifetime. That's one BIG reason it's important to get this whole feeding thing right! My podcast guest this week is Jill Castle, MS, RDN an expert on feeding styles and child nutrition. While she says good nutrition is a key component to raising healthy kids, Jill believes the "how to" of mealtime is just as critical. Tune in to find out why the Authoritative style of family feeding is the gold standard. Jill is the host of The Nourished Child, which you can find...
2017-12-2739 min