Is Stop Dieting – Start Living safe for children and adolescents?
Young children, left to themselves, will usually eat intuitively the way that Stop Dieting – Start Living promotes. It is only when we seek to override their natural hunger, introducing social reasons for eating and using it for reward and/or consolation that their natural balance is upset. The course is not specifically written for children, but parents will benefit from the insights given in the book and therefore be helped in knowing how best to approach any disordered eating a child may have. Disordered eating among adolescents, especially girls, is often linked to low self-esteem which is well covered by the book and course.
