October 31, 2022

Eat This Podcast -- Feeding children well

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Can biology and anthropology deepen our understanding of childhood feeding and suggest possible solutions? Tina Moffat certainly thinks so. She has studied how children are nourished in Japan, Nepal, France and her native Canada. Her book – Small Bites – rounds up the evidence and shares several important observations. Like, the difference between neophobia – a sensible evolutionary strategy – and picky eating, which becomes entrenched by being rewarded. School lunches demonstrate what society thinks makes a proper meal and the value it places on good childhood nutrition.

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Jeremy