Everyday comments about food and bodies might be influencing your child’s ability to manage their eating and weight. Find out what they are—and what to do instead to raise confident, body-trusting children.

Discover what the research says about your child’s weight, and health—and why our current approaches may be doing more harm than good.

What happens when helping a child be “healthy” turns into trying to make them smaller? A look at food rules, weight-loss programs, and what kids actually need instead..

Girls who are unhappy with their body size (or who have parents, coaches, etc., who are unhappy with their body size) may try to lose weight. But research shows that the vast majority of those who try will then end up fatter.