Empowering parents to raise kids who are free from body hate, disordered eating, and eating disorders.
Santa Monica, CA
Joined October 2016
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MoreLoveOrg retweeted
@ww_us did you know that your new app targets children that are prepubescent and going through puberty where kids between 11 and 14 gain a necessary 30 to 40 pounds and can gain 30 pounds or more in one year?#wakeupweightwatchers – at West Palm Beach, FL
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
Dear kids,
Despite what Diet Culture and the messages the @KurboHealth app promote - your body is not a problem to be fixed!
@WW_us #WakeUpWeightWatchers
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
I appreciate that no parent wants their child to suffer. And that signing up for @KurboHealth might feel like I can save your kid from feeling pain. But I promise you, it will only work in the opposite direction. #wakeupweightwatchers
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
Risk factors that predict future onset of each DSM-5 eating disorder: predictive specificity in high-risk adolescent females
[Spoiler alert: Dieting/weight control behaviors are risk factors!] #wakeupweightwatchers
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
Weight Watchers (WW) is a gateway drug to disordered eating. Now you want to give eating disorders to children? Unethical. Disgusting. #WakeUpWeightWatchers
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
Factors that impact risk of chronic disease, in order from biggest impact to smallest:
1. Social
2. Economic
3. Environmental
4. Cultural
5. Genetic
6. Personal
Read the list backwards to get the order in which we intervene
HOW IS THAT OK?
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
what every parent should know blogs.timesofisrael.com/does…
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
How we raise our kids matters. Our approach to food and body in our own lives influences our… instagram.com/p/BiA4z1FlX7Z/
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
if eating disorders are to end, #weightstigma must end. People must acknowledge their own weight stigma & privilege - Pershing #ICED2018 #AEDChat
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
And she whispered, dear child, be whoever and whatever YOU want to be, ... and the child flourished. #PositiveParenting #EatingDisorder #Prevention #SelfWorth #Tolerance #Saturday
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
"My greatest hope is that future generations will not have to waste their time, their energy, and their youth being as strong as some of us have had to be." @PennyRed longreads.com/2018/03/28/who… – at Pittsburgh, PA
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
25% of college-aged women binge and purge to control their weight. #eatingdisorders
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
Diets are dangerous. Period. End of story. vitals.lifehacker.com/how-di…
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
Physical appearance is not an indicator of mental health.
You cannot look at someone and tell if they’re suffering from a mental illness.
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
What’s the best way to promote healthy body image in children and teens?
-Stop commenting on their weight
-Stop equating weight with health
-Stop reinforcing fat phobic ideals
-Encourage intuitive eating
-Encourage body acceptance at every size
#WakeUpWeightWatchers
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
As a little girl, I watched my mom, over & over use @WeightWatchers program to try to lose weight, never successfully. @ 15yo I picked up those same books & point system guides- this was, maybe not why, but how my eating disorder began #WakeUpWeightWatchers #donewithdieting
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
#DietCulture keeps us small. As a woman, I refuse to let my younger sisters be sold into thinking that their time and energy is best used counting points and beating their bodies into submission.
They should be striving to change he world, not their bodies
#WakeUpWeightWatchers
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
#WakeUpWeightWatchers your clever plan to hook adolescents will ONLY benefit your bottom line. You will plant the seeds for food obsession, binge eating, poor body image, eating disorders, and lifelong struggles. WE SEE YOU. @weightwatchers @oprah
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
Parents - when a teenager comes to you and tells you they want to lose weight - they are telling you they are uncomfortable in their body. By signing them up for @weightwatchers you are reaffirming to them that something is wrong with their body. #WakeUpWeightWatchers @Oprah
MoreLoveOrg retweeted
I hope parents will help their teens see through the marketing ploy of @weightwatchers and others like them. Teens don't need to diet. Please encourage children to love what their bodies do for them, and teach healthy relationships with food and exercise. #WakeUpWeightWatchers