Next meetup: Children and food – Thursday 15 September 2011
There has been recent discussion about children as young as 5 becoming anorexic. Are we sending the wrong messages to our children about food? And are they reacting to them?
Suggested reading:
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10438/
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10429/
www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/2287/
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/02/child-anorexia-size-zero
Hi Sue. I think that this is a very disturbing trend among our youth. Recently, I was watching one of those reality pageant shows involving children as young as three, and it was amazing to watch the type of pressure that the parents put on the children. Teaching kids that young to worry about their bodies like that hurts self-esteem, and has no health benefits. In fact, it probably leads to long term health problems as children deal with issues during their teenage years and beyond when their bodies start changing. Great post, thanks for sharing!