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Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: Orchestrating and Enjoying the Family Meal
by
Ellyn Satter
Ellyn Satter is an internationally recognized authority on child nutrition and feeding. She is a Registered Dietitian with masters degrees in both nutrition and social work, a holder of the Diplomat in Clinical Social Work, has a private psychotherapy practice where she specializes in treatment of eating problems with people of all ages, and is a sought-after speaker and c...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
October 1st 2008
by Kelcy Press
(first published 2005)
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The motto of the book is to maintain a healthy body by focusing on food enjoyment rather than restriction. If this sounds suspicious, Satter provides a throughly referenced appendix one can analyze. This is a refreshing book. American society has a huge market geared toward fad diets. Thinking back on various lunches I have had with coworkers and I can recall so many negative attitudes about food as well as body image. Breaking bread with others is an emotional, nurturing ritual. This dietitian ...more
This is a great book. I love Ellyn Satter's viewpoint on feeding children (and ourselves). Basically her opinion is that we're all too paranoid about adhering to strict rules about what and how much we should eat, and that our bodies naturally regulate enough for us. She endorses having family meals, and that the parents are responsible for providing the meals at appropriate times, but the children are responsible for deciding what parts of the meal and how much they want to eat. I had been worr...more
This is a very helpful book for people who are worried about their children's eating habits. She has some very good ideas, and a very "chill" perspective. Obviously the more we worry about the child eating the more pressure everyone feels around food. She divides the eating/feeeding responsibilities, inspiring me to continue to lock my pantry, and eliminate the free for all kitchen behavior that stresses me out.
Her audience is people who eat the standard american diet, so ...more
Her audience is people who eat the standard american diet, so ...more
It had some good ideas. I didn't finish it before it was due at the library and Becca is no longer considered underweight, so I stopped worrying about how I feed the family. I do remember one of her suggestions that I thought was good. She said when learning to recognize when you're full and stop eating before you've over-eaten, start by only eating one bite every minute. Really pay attention to that bite. While you're still hungry the food will taste wonderful, absolutely delicious. As yo...more
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It was a good book. I read it for a family food and nutrition class. But my eating habits are worse than ever after reading this. She gives everyone permission to eat anything, and eat however much you like. I love the concept but I still feel guilty when I eat things I know aren't healthy.
I love Ellyn Satter's approach to eating and her work Child of Mine. This book, however, wasn't quite what I was looking for. A little too scholarly for what I was needing at the time.
Easy to read and digest (haha, pun not intended!) - definitely a new way to look at feeding kids and in general how we look at food. We have adopted this strategy and are seeing TINY results so far...but will be patient and wait it out. Definitely better than the alternative before, which was a battle every night on how much to eat, etc. So, with that, it's good enough! Thanks, Nicole for introducing this! I'm going to look at her other books for more info on starting these changes earlier than ...more
Great book on healthy food habits for individuals, couples, and families with children.
Indispensible for our new life with a three-year-old.
As a dietitian, I recommend this.
Recommended by Seth.
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anyone trying to figure out how to feed their family
This is a bare bones and basic introduction to healthy family feeding. Ellyn Satter's main point and one that I whole heartedly support is that the primary reason for eating problems is more emotional than anything else. She has great suggestions for avoiding restricting which leads to eating problems. She also has really good suggestions for healthy family food patterns. I wish everyone involved in the eating/obesity/health discussion would read her books first before commenting further.
i'm surprised that i'm enjoying this book. i'm taking a nutrition class and it's required reading (does required reading count towards the lifetime book count? discuss.), but i find the arena of the psychology of food consumption, which i never previously thought about as a field, to be really interesting. i like to eat, i like pop psych -- go figure.
Satter has such a positive approach to feeding your family and eating. This book has changed my life. Also has a section of good family recipes. (Satter has a newer edition out that I haven't read. If you're considering buying this book, you may want to look into the 2007 edition.)
great resource for any sized family (1 person and up). great ideas for teaching kids how to eat healthy!
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