Do you ever worry that you’re not feeding your high level gymnast the right foods for optimal performance? Do you feel like a short order cook trying to meet the entire family’s nutritional needs? Do you watch your gymnast struggle through practice and complain of...
Parenting the Gymnast: Preventing Eating Disorders Edition In honor of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, I want to discuss a tough topic that has effected many of us and gymnasts. Brace yourselves, this is a long post. Eating disorders come in all shapes and...
I generated some heat on social media yesterday stating that dietitians have an ethical responsibility to practice evidence-based medicine. Below are things I lay awake at night thinking about. I take great responsibility in what I tell patients/clients to do, knowing...
I’ve counseled thousands of children and families on “healthy eating” which boils down to learning to feed. Feed, as in nourish. As I think about this year’s USA Gymnastics Congress and what I want to lecture about, I settled on feeding. Much...
