Thematic 2019: Kids on diets: How the culture of fad diets influences parental feeding and children’s eating behaviours
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Speaker: Jess Haines, PhD, MHSc, RD, University of Guelph
Parents play a key role in the development of children's eating behaviours. This session will describe how the culture of fad diets and quick weight loss impacts parents' feeding practices and health goals for their children. A focus on health behaviours rather than weight loss will be presented as an alternative approach to support children's healthy eating and growth. Drawing on current evidence, this session will also review recommended feeding practices to support healthful eating in children.
Learning objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Identify how the promotion of fad diets and quick weight loss adversely impacts parental feeding and children's eating behaviours.
- Describe recommended feeding practices to support healthful eating in children.
About the speaker:
Jess Haines, PhD, MHSc, RD is an Associate Professor of Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph. Dr. Haines's research aims to bridge epidemiologic research on the determinants of health behaviours with the design, implementation, and evaluation of family-based interventions to support children's healthy eating and growth. Along with colleagues at Harvard, she led a study which found that a home-based intervention that targets routines associated with obesity risk, i.e., family meals, sleep, and screen time, can improve weight status in preschoolers. She is currently testing a similar intervention among Canadian families through the Guelph Family Health Study. Dr. Haines is the Director of the Parent-Child Feeding Laboratory, funded through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. Her laboratory research focuses on identifying how parent-child feeding interactions influence children's eating behaviours.
***Original Source: "2019 Thematic Conference", Saturday, January 12, 2019
Length: 20:25
Type: Video
Last Updated: February 8, 2019
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