Center disordered eating prevention in kids and their parents.
I wasn't able to open the White House documents, past the first (intro) page.
But based on what I see so far in this report, I am concerned.
The general recommendations reflect typical disordered eating perspectives of demonizing certain foods and physical activity behaviors. This in turn creates disordered eating and, ironically, less healthy eating and lifestyles, not more.
Concerns regarding eating, nutrition and health, and weight, must begin and be centered on *eating disorder* causes and solutions.
It is disordered eating (dieting, weight-focused, weight loss oriented) and disordered (weight-centric) activity beliefs that drive these problems for kids.
Specifically, adults who are dieting or exercising for weight concerns and control mess up kid's natural, normal relationship with food. Kids with a healthy relationship with food and their bodies, who are surrounded with acceptance, not restrictive eating behaviors and weight centric physical activity pressures, are most likely able to avoid disordered eating and activity behaviors and have overall better health outcomes. Research has proven this.
Please see Ellyn Satter's website. She is a retired dietitian/educator who is highly regarded in the childhood ED prevention field, and who has conducted extensive research on this, and teaches study design for it. Her insights are eye opening. Many others in the dietetics field now echo Ellyn's advice and practices.
Dr. Marine, I appreciate your optimism in regards to the focus on nutrition and social media use. I read the full section "Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule", though, and I do not find grounds for the brief, optimistic interpretation of the section you offer here. As one of many potential examples, implementing "true placebos" would require a suspension of the standard of care. I'm also concerned by the administration's muted response to current outbreaks and the decision to place David Geier, a long discredited researcher, at the head of the federal effort to reopen the case for vaccines causing autism, all on the back of cutting funding if not gutting many of our most robust research institutions. Could you elaborate more on your optimism in regards to vaccines in particular?
Thanks for your comment. I will leave the controversial vaccine issue to others. The FDA commissioner and head of CBER will not do anything that unethical and IRBs will not approve studies that are unethical. There are, however, some legitimate questions about some vaccine issues, such as the covid shots.
Regardless, the report has many other ideas that the medical community can engage with.
Center disordered eating prevention in kids and their parents.
I wasn't able to open the White House documents, past the first (intro) page.
But based on what I see so far in this report, I am concerned.
The general recommendations reflect typical disordered eating perspectives of demonizing certain foods and physical activity behaviors. This in turn creates disordered eating and, ironically, less healthy eating and lifestyles, not more.
Concerns regarding eating, nutrition and health, and weight, must begin and be centered on *eating disorder* causes and solutions.
It is disordered eating (dieting, weight-focused, weight loss oriented) and disordered (weight-centric) activity beliefs that drive these problems for kids.
Specifically, adults who are dieting or exercising for weight concerns and control mess up kid's natural, normal relationship with food. Kids with a healthy relationship with food and their bodies, who are surrounded with acceptance, not restrictive eating behaviors and weight centric physical activity pressures, are most likely able to avoid disordered eating and activity behaviors and have overall better health outcomes. Research has proven this.
Please see Ellyn Satter's website. She is a retired dietitian/educator who is highly regarded in the childhood ED prevention field, and who has conducted extensive research on this, and teaches study design for it. Her insights are eye opening. Many others in the dietetics field now echo Ellyn's advice and practices.
Dr. Marine, I appreciate your optimism in regards to the focus on nutrition and social media use. I read the full section "Growth of the Childhood Vaccine Schedule", though, and I do not find grounds for the brief, optimistic interpretation of the section you offer here. As one of many potential examples, implementing "true placebos" would require a suspension of the standard of care. I'm also concerned by the administration's muted response to current outbreaks and the decision to place David Geier, a long discredited researcher, at the head of the federal effort to reopen the case for vaccines causing autism, all on the back of cutting funding if not gutting many of our most robust research institutions. Could you elaborate more on your optimism in regards to vaccines in particular?
Thanks for your comment. I will leave the controversial vaccine issue to others. The FDA commissioner and head of CBER will not do anything that unethical and IRBs will not approve studies that are unethical. There are, however, some legitimate questions about some vaccine issues, such as the covid shots.
Regardless, the report has many other ideas that the medical community can engage with.