Red Light, Green Light foods: Why labeling foods as “good” or “bad” can do more harm than good

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Red Light, Green Light food labeling system has been around to categorize foods as good and bad and was initially created to support weight loss in children with obesity. However, there are many flaws to this system that can backfire when it comes to child health. I welcome Dr. Taylor Arnold, a PhD, registered dietician, and founder of Growing Intuitive Eaters. She is on a mission to foster a healthy relationship with food and teach adults how to talk to kids about food in a positive way. She joins me to discuss: Why labeling systems for food is not conducive to creating a healthy relationship with food Why “talking less and showing more” can be a helpful strategy to encourage balanced eating Phrases to avoid when talking about foods with kids Connect with Dr. Taylor Arnold on Instagram @growing.intuitive.eaters and visit growingintuitiveeaters.com for more resources. Our podcasts are also now on YouTube. If you prefer a video podcast with closed captioning, check us out there and subscribe to PedsDocTalk TV. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsors page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.4	Like if we want to teach our kids an evidence-based way of thinking about food and
1:10.7	we just want to teach them like factual information.
1:13.7	Nutrition is not like a two bucket or three bucket system and what's good for someone in
1:18.8	one moment might not be good for someone in the next moment and what's good for
1:21.8	you might not be good for me and
1:23.5	so there's a lot more nuance than just green light red light good bad.
1:28.0	Hello PED's dog talk podcast listeners I'm Dr Mona.
1:30.8	Thank you so much for being here we are over halfway through 2024 and I have
1:35.4	some exciting news our podcast is now going to debut on our YouTube channel
1:40.8	Pedes dock talk TV so you can continue listening wherever you
1:44.8	access podcasts, but we got some feedback that people wanted an option to watch
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