Diet Culture in Preschool with Amie Guice

In this episode, we'll hear from Amie Guice, a Certified Eating Disorders Registered Dietitian, owner of Guice Nutrition Counseling and mom of two young sons. Amie shares her story of when her five-year-old son was assigned a worrisome nutrition assignment in preschool and what she did as a result. We discuss:

• Amie's story of the assignment her son received and how it later influenced his food choices.
• The value of cultivating a positive food and body environment for our kids. 
• The importance of children being able to trust that the food their parents provide is an appropriate and good choice.
• How classroom assignments about health vs. unhealthy for preschool aged children can lead to children developing disordered thinking about food.
• What parents can do if their children receive a similar assignment in school.
• Ways to proactively work with your school to support educators in assigning positive assignments related to food.
• How educators certainly aren't out to sabotage our kids' relationships with food, it's just that there's a lot of misinformation on this topic.
• How to "fake it till you make it" in helping your kids develop a positive relationship with food if you're still unsure about your own relationship with food. 

Visuals associated with this episode:

• Amie's son's assignment 
• Diana's daughter's assignment

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Usborne books about food
• Dani Lebovitz's books about food

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Instagram: @guicenutritioncounseling

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Instagram: @baby.steps.dietitian

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