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Episode Overview
With the recent announcement of Weight Watchers new family oriented wellness program, Annie, Jen and Lauren discuss the implications and impacts of this controversial move. Each with a different level of experience with the Weight Watchers program, our hosts have an important conversation on teens and dieting.
What you’ll hear in this episode
- What Weight Watchers stands to gain through their “early intervention” tactics from a financial perspective
- Weight Watchers and their history of working with children
- Why some parents choose Weight Watchers for their children (a non-judgemental exploration of topics of concern for parents that lead them there.)
- Obesity rates in teens and things we should look at instead (based on 2016 statistics)
- How early children are affected by diet culture
- The prevalence and normalization of disordered eating patterns among teens
- The relationship between teen dieting and eating disorders
- Preconceptions about what eating disorders look like and their impacts
- The role of weekly weigh-ins in a binge restrict pattern
- Child development, self-esteem and dieting
- The Minnesota Starvation Experiment and the pendulum of forbidden foods
- How children’s weight responds to food restrictions
- Why diets don’t work
- Passing down our narratives and body image issues: taking charge of the legacy of diet culture in our family
- Mom-shaming and fat-shaming and how they impact the nutrition choices we make for our families
- Age appropriate nutrition information and the role of instructor weight biases and body image
- The role of influencers in the diet industry
- Mortality rates in eating disorders
- What resources are available to parents who are concerned about weight issues
- What we feed our kids vs how we feed our kids – which is more important?
- Skyrocketing obesity rates: hysteria or real life?
- The HHHM business model and how it differs from diet programs
- Upcoming additions to the Balance365 program
Mentions
- Stats related to dieting and eating disorders in children
- What is the Solution to Obesity? – James Fell
- Your Child’s Weight: Helping Without Harming – Ellyn Satter Institute
- The Idiotic Musings of Patrick Luciani on “Fat Taxes” and Obesity – Dr. Yoni Freedhoff of Weighty Matters
- Two Sisters, Two Bodies: Growing Up Together in a Body Obsessed World
- How Your Body Image Impacts Your Children with Hillary McBride
- What a 70-Year-Old Starvation Experiment Taught Us About Dieting
