Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating

You already know how important it is to give your children healthy food, but the hard part is getting them to eat it.

You already know how important it is to give your children healthy food, but the hard part is getting them to eat it.

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After years of research and working with parents, Dina Rose discovered a powerful truth: when parents focus solely on nutrition, their kids (surprisingly) eat poorly. But when families shift their emphasis to behaviors -- the skills and habits kids are taught -- they learn to eat right.

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Every child can learn to eat well, but only if you show them how to do it.

Dr. Rose joins host Lisa Davis to discuss the three habits -- proportion, variety, and moderation -- all kids need to learn, and shares clever, practical ways to teach these food skills.

Listen is to learn how to give kids the skills they need for a lifetime of health and vitality.

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Segment Number: 1
Audio File: talk_healthy/tt177.mp3
Featured Speaker: Dina Rose, PhD
Book Title: It’s Not About the Broccoli: Three Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating
Guest Website: It’s Not About Nutrition
Guest Facebook Account: https://www.facebook.com/ItsNotAboutNutrition?ref=ts
Guest Twitter Account: @DrDrRose
Guest Bio: Dina Rose, PhD, is a sociologist, parent educator, feeding expert and the author of It’s Not About the Broccoli: Three Habits to Teach Your Kids for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating (Perigee).

Dr. Rose has been training parents, pediatricians, dietitians, and early childhood educators in the Habits Approach for the past decade. Her work has been featured on television, radio, and in print and online news sources.

Whether she’s speaking at an intimate gathering of parents, a professional conference, grand rounds or delivering a keynote address, Dr. Rose’s message is pragmatic, memorable and so unique it has been called “transformational.”

In addition to writing her own blog, "It’s Not About Nutrition," she is also a regular contributor to Psychology Today.
Length (mins): 26:35
Waiver Received: Yes
Host: Lisa Davis, MPH

Published in Talk Healthy Today

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