Education News – Grace Smith
“A new study shows that when parents use either restriction or pressure-to-eat measures, children and adolescents have a higher risk for becoming overweight and/or having eating disorders, according to lead author Jerica M. Berge of the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis…“The problem with restricting food from a child or pressuring a child to eat more is that prior research has shown that it may have unintended consequences such as, a child becoming overweight or obese, or engaging in disordered eating behaviors such as, binging or purging,” Berge said…Helping children make their own decisions about healthy food, physical activity, and regulating their eating gives them the confidence to choose correctly. Parents should provide children with plenty of encouragement and support when they see good choices being made.”(more)