Hello and Welcome to the Redwood Wellbeing Podcast, where each week I am dedicated to supporting parents on the journey of nurturing their child's healthy relationship with food and their body image.
Through practical, everyday strategies and tips, I help you to become empowered to make a lasting difference in your child's wellbeing journey.
In this mini episode I discuss;
- Food rewards being unhelpful because they;
-Encourage extrinsic motivation
-Are a form of Operant Conditioning
-Create a food hierachy instead of neutrality
-Build an emotional link to eating
-Create mixed messages
-Can decrease interest in reward-free activities
-Can undermine internal appetite cues
-Set up patterns that increase cravings
-Teaches that pleasure food must be earned
- That food should still be celebratory and bring joy
- What to do instead of using food as a reward.
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Happy listening!
Lyss :)