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Raising a Mindful Eater in a Mindless Eating World
Whether your child is obsessed with sweets, a big (or small) eater, or you simply want to avoid future eating problems, you are in the right place. In How to Raise a Mindful Eater, family nutrition expert Maryann Jacobsen shows you step-by-step how to nurture your child’s emerging relationship with food. The book pinpoints 8 Powerful Principles that give you the best shot at raising a mindful eater, someone who listens to their body, eats for nourishment and enjoyment, and naturally eats in moderation.
The book will teach you how to:
• Encourage an Internal Approach to Eating: Discover how to structure meals, set limits, help children eat based on internal cues of hunger and fullness, and pay attention while eating.
• Balance Food for Nourishment and Enjoyment: Find lasting ways to make nutrition rewarding, sweets less desirable, and eating well a pleasurable experience.
• Teach Body Appreciation and Self Care: Uncover secrets to teaching body appreciation, dealing with weight issues, combating the media’s Thin Ideal, and nurturing self care.
• Ensure Mental and Emotional Happiness: Escape barriers to raising mindful eaters such as stress, poor self-regulation, dealing with difficult feelings, and a lack of connection between parent and child.
Publisher : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (December 26, 2016)
Language : English
Paperback : 213 pages
ISBN-10 : 1541129288
ISBN-13 : 978-1541129283
Item Weight : 9.9 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.48 x 8.5 inches
M.K.Caldwell –
Excellent Resource for Establishing Healthy Eating Norms
I’m a new mom and setting the stage for a healthy relationship with food and eating for my child is incredibly important to me. I’d recently been reading on how to become a more mindful eater myself, so when I saw this book, I was excited to see what it was all about.Maryann Jacobsen puts forward such simple and SMART ideas for creating healthy mealtime practices and household norms around eating. As a society, we have over complicated eating. Jacobsen reminds us of the family meal foundations that are important on so many levels. I highly recommend this book.Since reading How to Raise a Mindful Eater, I’ve read Jacoben’s What to Make for Dinner with Kids and Fearless Feeding. All are outstanding resources for anyone who feeds children. All of these books have been empowering and truly helpful.
K.a.m –
Clear, research based help for feeding toddlers and beyond
Iâve been searching and searching for months for some clear, concrete, research based recommendations for how to handle feeding my 3 year old; there is so much contradictory information out there about portion size, seconds, sweets, meals and snacks that itâs really hard to know what the right thing to do is to raise a healthy kid.This book was an âahaâ moment for me- it answered so many questions that I had and also gave a new perspective that I had not seen before. It made me rethink the way I relate to food and has helped me start to work toward an intuitive eating mindset vs good/ bad foods.The book in combination with the authors website and willingness to answer questions from her blog would be a gift for any parent struggling with these issues.
southern lady –
but some very good advice.
Haven’t finished reading it, but some very good advice.
Jennifer Miller –
Grateful Mom!
The commonsense advice in this book has returned dividends within a month. I don’t have to pound my poor son who is already self-conscious about his weight, but have been able to teach him how to think about how food makes him feel.I was really beginning to worry that my kid might be heading toward the all-too-common slide into obesity. Restricting access to food only made it worse. And he is clearly struggling with this in his pre-pubescent age which is already tormented in a million other ways. But within a month he’s starting to talk about how food makes him feel, helps him to think, fuels his activities.We’ve only just started this learning period for both of us, but I’m finally optimistic.
Monica –
This book focuses on evereating as a primary issue
I felt this book focused primarily on issues with child who are over eaters. While that is not the issue I gave with my child I was able to apply some of the philosophies mentioned to help my daughters poor eating habits.
WKC –
A Gold Mine!
I’m a mom and a registered dietitian, and I absolutely LOVE this book! It is such a welcome addition to the world of pediatric nutrition. Maryann addresses a wide range of concepts that are critical to establishing and maintaining a healthy relationship with food, and her writing style makes you feel like you’re listening to a good friend sharing her wisdom – not at all preachy. I am thrilled to have such a great resource to recommend to clients.
Marci Buttars –
Where has this book been all my life!
I’ve been a follower and fan of Maryann’s books and website since my child was 1 and have learned soooo much from her! This book encompasses everything that I’ve learned throughout the years from reading 6 different books and research all over the web. It’s so wonderful to have all that information now organized into 1 book that I can refer inquiring minds too. Absolutely priceless! Everyone with kids should read this book!
Bart Horton –
So helpful!
Iâm so thankful for this book! Itâs totally changed the way I feed my family and it has taken such a load off my shoulders. Iâve implemented a few things already that have in the past stressed me out. 5 stars!!!
Amazon Customer –
Briliant book. The author did an exceptional job with this research-based book. I’m very impressed by how complete it was.
Sarah Mullins –
I just finished this book and it is exceptional. I am a mom of two boys ages 6 and 8. I found the stress and lack of structure during covid led to some real food related challenges. The kids were eating at all hours and whatever they wanted. The book has shown me how to refocus and bring structure back to when and what we eat. I have already seen results and I just implemented the changes last week. It’s a game changer!