How to Support Children in Larger Bodies with Ginny Jones

Mar 13, 2023

Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Ginny Jones, the founder of More-Love.org, and a parent coach who helps parents of kids with body image issues, eating issues, and eating disorders.

They discuss:

• How parents can support children in larger bodies. 
• The impact on children of public health programs and initiatives such as school nutrition curriculum, posters, media focusing on weight, and messaging in doctor’s offices, that are inherently weight-biased.
• Advice for parents of larger bodied children who might be concerned about their child’s weight and eating.
• Ways to navigate comments from other parents, family members, or healthcare professionals who judge parenting through a weight-biased lens. 
• Things a parent can do or say if their child expresses concern about their body, or asks if they’re fat.
• How parents and caregivers can promote weight inclusivity and body positivity in their homes.

Links: 

• More Love Website
• Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast 
• Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
• Pinney Davenport Nutrition
• https://thirdwheeled.com/
• https://m8.design/
• https://www.sonics.io/

Ginny Jones is the founder of More-Love.org and a parent coach who helps parents of kids with body image issues, eating issues, and eating disorders. Ginny recovered from a longtime eating disorder and has spent the past decade immersed in research related to child psychology, neurobiology, parenting, and eating disorders. Her unique approach to supporting parents is based on lived experience, research, training, and interviews with hundreds of professionals, people who have/had eating disorders, and parents. Her mission in life is to empower parents to help their children avoid and recover from disordered eating and negative body image.