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Nurturing Mealtimes
0 comments | August 17, 2010
I want to talk, this month, about how family meals can foster connectedness and improved relationships within a family.
Removing mealtime distractions
0 comments | August 17, 2010
Over the last number of months I have been writing regularly on the merits of eating together as a family. I have mentioned along the way that to truly benefit from the mealtime it is important to keep distractions to a minimum.
Involving Children in meals
1 comment | August 17, 2010
This month I want to share some ideas for including and involving children in planning, preparing, cooking, serving and clearing up the family meals.
Developing healthy attitudes to food.
103 comments | July 20, 2010
The attitudes we develop towards food and eating in childhood can have lasting effects on how we eat throughout our lives. Those attitudes are most strongly influenced by our parents.
Anorexia & Bulimia
4 comments | June 1, 2010
We all expect our teenagers to be self-conscious about their appearance at some stage, or even regularly, throughout their adolescence. For some teenagers and younger children, however, emotional and social pressures and body consciousness can develop into an obsession that can become an eating disorder.