Ep 86 Understanding Your Child’s Growth Pattern & Navigating Weight Comments at the Doctor’s Office with Riley Peterson RDN

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Many of our interactions and experiences in childhood contribute to the body image we have as adults. In today’s episode, Pediatric Registered Dietitian Riley Peterson joins us to share her advice on raising body-positive kids.</span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Riley fell into her line of work after her experience working with children during her time as a clinical dietitian in a hospital. She noticed that a lot of parents & doctors alike were concerned with their children’s height, weight, and body image and can see how these stresses were not serving the parents or the child. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Since then, Riley has dedicated her work to helping parents foster food neutrality and body positivity in their children.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Riley shares the preventative measures that parents can take to avoid triggering a negative body image in their children, how they can teach their kids about health in a neutral manner, and what they can do to foster body positivity in their kids. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She also discusses the double-edged sword that is the BMI percentile charts, and how parents can approach and navigate that conversation with their children & doctor.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we cover:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[2:45] How Riley got into her line of work</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[5:03] What Riley noticed was impacting negative body image in her clinical work with children</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[9:11] The double-edged sword that is BMI percentile charts</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[12:38] Pr