What should we be teaching children about healthy eating?
How we choose to raise our children will always be a contentious topic. How we choose to feed our children equally so. But what about how we teach children about food, health and healthy eating? Surely this is pretty black and white – eat your greens and sugar is bad, right?
Actually, there’s way more to it than this when it comes to teaching children about nutrition, diet and health – let’s get into it.
Announcing our new partnership with Deakin & Blue
We are so proud to announce our new partnership with independent swimwear brand Deakin and Blue, which will help fund an exciting new schools project supporting positive body image in children and young people.
Body image during puberty
Explore the link between body image and puberty, along with resources to help support your tween and teen to have a healthy relationship with their body during this phase, with this explainer from nutritionist Jennifer Nash.
Using media literacy as a tool for positive body image
Using media literacy as a tool to help promote positive body image in children and young people.
Body image and sport
Find out why body image is a barrier to participation in sport and PE for children and young people, and what you can do about it. By Jennifer Nash.
Introducing... Every Body - a new book for readers age 9+
A new book for readers age 9+, by The Body Happy Organisation’s founder, Molly Forbes
Should I consent to my child being weighed at school?
Did you know that if you don’t want your child to be weighed at school as part of the National Child Measurement Programme, then you need to opt them out? Here nutritionist Jennifer Nash and Body Happy Org’s founder Molly Forbes share some information about the programme that will help you make an informed decision about whether to allow your child to take part.
Why does body image matter?
What is body image and why does it matter? Nutritionist Jennifer Nash shares some background, with input from the wider team at The Body Happy Organisation.
SPOTLIGHT ON: Our Body Image Scheme of Work for age 9-11
An in-depth look at our newly updated Upper KS2 body image scheme of work, for children aged 9 to 11.
Healthy eating is having a healthy relationship with food
Nutritionist Jennifer Nash unpicks what “healthy eating” actually is and how we can reframe it through a lens of posiitve body image and eating disorder prevention.
What is diet culture? Here’s the 101
What is diet culture and how does it effect children and young people? Nutritionist Jennifer Nash unpicks this subject, with help from the wider team at The Body Happy Organisation.