Column | Did you brag after your workout that you now deserve treats? Many people make toxic statements in everyday life that break children’s relationship with food

You should be careful with these sentences: Yes, that celebrity is rounded. It was a good workout, now I’ve earned an ice cream. Do I look fat in this shirt?

In my childhood it was still common for a friend’s parent to talk about their dieting regimen at the dinner table or to be horrified by the size of their spouse’s stomach.

Nowadays, it is known that it is not a good idea to talk to children about losing weight, because it can distort the child’s body image and relationship with food.

Even so, we still talk about food and bodies in a harmful way in the hearing of children. Many children still hear comments like the following from the mouths of close adults:

Yes that celebrity is rounded. It was a good workout, now I’ve earned an ice cream. Do I look fat in this shirt? I had a treat yesterday, this week I won’t eat sugar.

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The statements may sound quite innocent, but they are concrete examples of the so-called dieting culture, to which both adults and children are constantly exposed.

Eating disorders in children and young people have increased alarmingly in recent years.

With term refers to the fact that a person’s value is determined consciously or unconsciously based on their weight. In Timmi’s dieting culture, a trained body is a sign of success, and thinness is associated with happiness.

Dieting culture is also the rating of foods based on their nutritional values: that of classifying a chocolate cake for the sinner or states that protein ice cream is a delicacy that can be eaten with a clear conscience.

Small streams form big rivers, which have a real meaning in terms of what a person thinks about himself and the bodies of others. When a child learns from an early age that gaining weight is almost the worst thing that can happen to a person, it is a miracle if he is saved from eating disorder behavior.

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In studies it has been observed that eating disorders in children and young people have increased alarmingly in recent years. In addition, a significant part of the problems remain hidden, because the eating disorder is not always visible on the outside. For example eating disorders in boys and men not always know how to recognize.

Every an adult can influence with everyday words and actions what kind of body and food relationship is formed for the children and young people living around them. It’s good to start by talking about your own body in an appreciative tone.

In today’s society, few children can completely escape the pressure of appearance. But that would be great, if even close adults could offer children and young people peace of mind and food.

The author is the producer of the HS Mejn perhe magazine, who no longer wants to divide foods into healthy and unhealthy ones.

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The column was published in the 10/22 issue of the HS Mejn perhe magazine. HS Our family is a magazine about family relationships, which is edited by HS.

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