apersnicketylemon:

vinegarfemme:

healthforpositivebodies:

Please do not talk about a child’s weight in front of them, or tell them they need to go on a diet. 

Talking about weight in front of children is associated with mental and physical health risks, and both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Pediatric Society recommend against all weight talk around children.

Starting an ED in a child doesn’t necessarily look like outright mocking a child’s weight- it can be mild comments like “Have you lost weight?” with an approving tone, telling your child they have to play a sport so they don’t “gain weight and grow up unhealthy”, or always commenting on a young girl’s “dainty” figure when you notice how little she naturally eats. Just cut weight talk out of your vocabulary around kids please.

This includes talking about your OWN weight too. Don’t comment about how you can’t have a brownie because it will ‘go right to your hips’, don’t count your calories in front of kids, don’t do any of it. They will absorb it.