Welcome to Ellyn Satter Institute

Leadership with Eating and Feeding

ESI is a virtual institute—an institute without walls—that devotes itself to passing
on the legacy of Ellyn Satter’s Feeding Dynamics Model and the Ellyn Satter Eating
Competence Model through education, training and research.

When the joy goes out of eating, nutrition suffers

-Ellyn Satter

2012/2013 Webinar Series

The next event is Division of Responsibility as an Obesity Prevention Strategy by Carol Danaher in September 2012. Dates to be determined. Click here for more >

Eating and Feeding Articles and Research

The Joy of Eating

Ellyn Satter, MS, RD, LCSW, BCD

Eating is okay. Eating enough is okay. Eating what you like is okay. To be consistent and effective in feeding yourself and your family, build on enjoyment. Optimism, pleasure, and self trust are good motivators. Pessimism, avoidance, and self-doubt are poor motivators. Click here for more >

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Ellyn Satter Institute

ph: (608) 318-1600
1670 Don Simon Drive
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
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