Family Meals Focus
Written by Ellyn Satter, Family Meals Focus articles explore the nuances of the Satter models across a variety of populations, settings, and situations. A new article is published or updated each month. Use the topic index below to discover nearly 10 years’ worth of insights from Ellyn.
Designed for both the general public and professionals, some articles lean more toward one audience or the other.
Index of Topics
Baby/infant feeding, growth, nutrition
- Baby-Led Weaning Article 78
- Big Babies Do Not Become Big Adults Article 14
- Big Baby, Big Parents: No Problem! Article 13
- Breastfeeding Hullabaloo Article 37
- Breastfeeding In The Second Year And Beyond Article 60
- Catch-up Growth: Normal For Premature Babies Article 77
- Division Of Responsibility In Feeding Works For Special Needs Article 67
- Early Infant Weight Gain, Obesity, And Adult Disease Article 61
- Feeding In Your Baby’s First Year Article 95
- How To Feed Your Child: Birth Through Adolescence Article 02
- Pregnancy Weight Gain Won’t Make Your Baby Fat Article 19
- Pureed Food In Pouches: Boon Or Bane? Article 72
Child feeding, growth, nutrition
- Adoptive And Foster Child Feeding Problems Article 53
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) position statement, ”Lipid screening and cardiovascular disease in children Article 29
- ARFID: What is it? What does it have to do with feeding dynamics and eating competence? Article 89
- Child on psychotropic medication Article 63
- Child overweight: are current guidelines helpful? do they do harm? Article 06
- Children who are obsessed with food Article 94
- Court-ordered placement for child obesity: what can you do to help? Article 93
- Do children lose the ability to self-regulate? Article 65
- Food restriction in disguise Article 48
- Giving children autonomy with eating: what it is and isn’t Article 110
- Managing “junk” food AKA sweet, chips, sodas Article 92
- Moves and counter-moves with feeding your child Article 41
- Nurturing children at school Article 85
- Nutriendo a los Niños en la Escuela Article 85
- Overweight kids are not gluttons Article 40
- Picky eating: Born or made? Article 20
- A preschooler who gained too much weight
- Review, The Two Bite Club Article 49
- sDOR.2-6yTM validation transforms nutrition intervention Article 109
- Should you control portion sizes? Article 03
- Should you put your child on skim milk? Article 98
- Sticky topic of Halloween candy Article 30
- Toddlers who “can’t get filled up” Article 35
- Toddler feeding: A series of unfortunate events Article 31
- Toddler feeding: the child who won’t eat table food Article 33
- Toddler feeding: What’s the big deal? Article 36
- Using “forbidden” food Article 39
- Understanding and using z-scores to track children’s growth Article 66
- Vegetable agenda: Getting children to eat “nutritious” food Article 84
Clinical care, education, food selection
- Advice for an undergraduate dietitian: Practicing ecSatter Article 70
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) position statement, ”Lipid screening and cardiovascular disease in children” Article 29
- Are we teaching our children conflict and anxiety about food? Article 102
- ARFID: What is it? What does it have to do with feeding dynamics and eating competence? Article 89
- Collective impact: multidisciplinary, collaborative practice Article 74
- Control vs trust in nutrition education Article 68
- Counseling with the Satter Eating Competence Model Article 28
- Court-ordered placement for child obesity: what can you do to help? Article 93
- Cultural issues in feeding Article 105
- Dieting and mental health Article 88
- Division of responsibility in feeding works for special need Article 67
- Do children lose the ability to self-regulate? Article 65
- Doctors and weight: Helping without harming Article 100
- Does following the division of responsibility mean you have to starve children to make them eat? Article 79
- Does the division of responsibility in feeding work in clinical care? Article 86
- Eating competence and nutrition facts labels Article 71
- Eating competence: food acceptance Article 23
- Feeding neglected children mandates division of responsibility in feeding Article 90
- Food restriction in disguise Article 48
- Hierarchy of food need Article 56
- Holiday eating success story Article 51
- Managing “junk” food AKA sweet, chips, sodas Article 92
- Picky eating in adults: How to help Article 91
- Picky eating: Born or made? Article 20
- Picky eating: The adult dilemma Article 45
- Pregnancy: 1 Weight gain Article 15
- Pregnancy: 2 The weight dilemma Article 16
- Pregnancy: 3 Weight restriction, harming without helping Article 17
- Pregnancy: 4 The joy of eating Article 18
- Pregnancy: 5 Weight gain won’t make your baby fat Article 19
- Setting the stage for telling parents assessment results Article 69
- Should you control portion sizes? Article 03
- Should you put your child on skim milk? Article 98
- Size acceptance Article 44
- Talking with your child about weight Article 64
- Understanding and using z-scores to track children’s growth Article 66
- Using “forbidden” food Article 39
- Versions of internally regulated eating Article 75
- Vegetable agenda: Getting children to eat “nutritious” food Article 84
- What does eating competence research say about eating disorders Article 97
Division of Responsibility in Feeding
- Feeding your adolescent Article 42
- Feeding in your baby’s first year Article 95
- Feeding is parenting Article 62
- Feeding neglected children mandates division of responsibility in feeding Article 90
- Feeding pressure on all sides Article 47
- Feeding toddlers on the go Article 34
- Food restriction in disguise Article 48
- Giving children autonomy with eating: what it is and isn’t Article 110
- How to feed your child: birth through adolescence Article 02
- How to get your child to eat Article 10
- Managing “junk” food AKA sweet, chips, sodas Article 92
- Medication and the division of responsibility in feeding Article 58
- Moves and counter-moves with feeding your child Article 41
Eating Competence
- Advice for an undergraduate dietitian: Practicing ecSatter Article 70
- Feeding in your baby’s first year Article 95
- Feeding is parenting Article 62
- Feeding neglected children mandates division of responsibility in feeding Article 90
- Feeding pressure on all sides Article 47
- Feeding toddlers on the go Article 34
- Food restriction in disguise Article 48
- Giving children autonomy with eating: what it is and isn’t Article 110
- How to feed your child: birth through adolescence Article 02
- How to get your child to eat Article 10
- Managing “junk” food AKA sweet, chips, sodas Article 92
- Medication and the division of responsibility in feeding Article 58
- Moves and counter-moves with feeding your child Article 41
- Are you ready to stop feeling bad about your eating? Article 96
- Control vs trust in nutrition education Article 68
- Counseling with the Satter Eating Competence Model Article 28
- Counterfeit permission Article 27
- Eat what you like and be healthy! Article 103
- ecSatter gets high marks for implementing the Dietary Guidelines Article 108
- Eating competence and nutrition facts labels Article 71
- Eating competence Article 21
- Eating competence in action: Season’s eatings Article 32
- Eating competence: Context-management skills Article 25
- Eating competence: Eating attitudes Article 22
- Eating competence: food acceptance Article 23
- Eating competence: Holiday eating in the time of COVID Article 106
- Eating competence: internal regulation Article 24
- Eating competence: putting it all together Article 26
- Taste of eating competence for those struggling with eating Article 104
- Eating, feeding . . . and life Article 01
- Emotional eating Article 46
- Family meals are essential Article 04
- Hierarchy of food need Article 56
- Holiday eating success story Article 51
- Managing “junk” food AKA sweet, chips, sodas Article 92
- Picky eating in adults: How to help Article 91
- Picky eating: The adult dilemma Article 45
- Practicing nutritional judo Article 99
- Pregnancy: 1 Weight gain Article 15
- Pregnancy: 2 The weight dilemma Article 16
- Pregnancy: 3 Weight restriction, harming without helping Article 17
- Pregnancy: 4 The joy of eating Article 18
- Pregnancy: 5 Weight gain won’t make your baby fat Article 19
- Preventing holiday weight gain Article 87
- Size acceptance Article 44
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!” Article 11
- Using “forbidden” food Article 39
- Versions of internally regulated eating Article 75
- What does eating competence research say about eating disorders Article 97
Eating disorders
- Are we teaching our children conflict and anxiety about food? Article 102
- ARFID: What is it? What does it have to do with feeding dynamics and eating competence? Article 89
- Child on psychotropic medication Article 63
- Children who are obsessed with food Article 94
- Counseling with the Satter Eating Competence Model Article 28
- Dieting and mental health Article 88
- Eating competence Article 21
- Emotional eating Article 46
- Feeding is parenting Article 62
- Feeding your adolescent Article 42
- Hierarchy of food need Article 56
- Holiday eating success story Article 51
- Picky eating in adults: How to help Article 91
- Pregnancy: The weight dilemma Article 16
- Setting the stage for telling parents assessment results Article 69
- Size acceptance Article 44
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!” Article 11
- Taste of eating competence for those struggling with eating Article 104
- Toddlers who “can’t get filled up” Article 35
- Understanding and using z-scores to track children’s growth Article 66
- Versions of internally regulated eating Article 75
- What does eating competence research say about eating disorders Article 97
Family meals and snacks
- Celebrate National Family Day with a family dinner Article 101
- Eating competence Article 21
- Eating competence: Context-management skills Article 25
- Taste of eating competence for those struggling with eating Article 104
- Family meals are essential Article 04
- Family meals in restaurants Article 50
- Family meals mean love and security Article 09
- Family meals: Getting the meal habit Article 05
- Family meals: Let’s be realistic Article 43
- Family-style meals Article 08
- Feeding toddlers on the go Article 34
- Feeding your adolescent Article 42
- Food restriction in disguise Article 48
- How to feed your child: birth through adolescence Article 02
- How to get your child to eat Article 10
- Managing “junk” food AKA sweet, chips, sodas Article 92
- Moves and counter-moves with feeding your child Article 41
- Should you control portion sizes? Article 03
- Should you follow MyPlate? Article 59
- Should you put your child on skim milk? Article 98
- Vegetable agenda: Getting children to eat “nutritious” food Article 84
General interest
- Advocating change: Be for what you believe in Article 76
- Edie’s stories
- Out of Africa
- Prairie as a life metaphor Article 115
- Regional artists, pellagra, and traditional wisdom Article 80
Nutrition policy
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) position statement, ”Lipid screening and cardiovascular disease in children” Article 29
- Child overweight: are current guidelines helpful? do they do harm? Article 06
- Dietary Guidelines 2010 and eating competence Article 54
- Eat what you like and be healthy! Article 103
- Eating competence and nutrition facts labels Article 71
- Eating competence Article 21
- ecSatter gets high marks for implementing the Dietary Guidelines Article 108
- Labeling overweight children as obese Article 57
- Pregnancy: The weight dilemma Article 16
- Schools are not weight-loss camps Article 07
- Should you control portion sizes? Article 03
- Should you follow MyPlate? Article 59
- Should you put your child on skim milk? Article 98
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!” Article 11
- USDA FNS child feeding policies and recommendations: what is the role for the division of responsibility in feeding? Article 82
Overweight, obesity
- Big babies do not become obese Article 14
- Big Baby, Big Parents: No Problem! Article 13
- Breastfeeding hullabaloo Article 37
- Catch-up growth: Normal for premature babies Article 77
- Child overweight: are current guidelines helpful? Do they do harm? Article 06
- Children who are obsessed with food Article 94
- Countywide obesity prevention – speaking with one voice Article 73
- Court-ordered placement for child obesity: what can you do to help? Article 93
- Dieting and mental health Article 88
- Children Who Do Not Self-Regulate: How Do You Help? Article 65
- Doctors and weight: Helping without harming100
- Early infant weight gain, obesity, and adult disease Article 61
- Eating competence: internal regulation Article 24
- Food restriction in disguise Article 48
- Giving children autonomy with eating: what it is and isn’t Article 110
- Helping without harming with child overweight Article 12
- Holiday eating success story Article 51
- Labeling overweight children as obese Article 57
- Overweight kids are not gluttons Article 40
- A preschooler who gained too much weight
- Pregnancy: 1 Weight gain Article 15
- Pregnancy: 2 The weight dilemma Article 16
- Pregnancy: 3 Weight restriction, harming without helping Article 17
- Schools are not weight-loss camps Article 07
- Should you control portion sizes? Article 03
- Should you put your child on skim milk? Article 98
- Size acceptance Article 44
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!” Article 11
- Talking with your child about weight Article 64
- The toddler who “can’t get filled up” Article 35
- Understanding and using z-scores to track children’s growth Article 66
- Versions of internally regulated eating Article 75
School and community
- Are we teaching our children conflict and anxiety about food? Article 102
- Celebrate National Family Day with a family dinner Article 101
- Collective impact: multidisciplinary, collaborative practice Article 74
- Countywide obesity prevention – speaking with one voice Article 73
- Court-ordered placement for child obesity: what can you do to help? Article 93
- Cultural issues in feeding Article 105
- Feeding is parenting Article 62
- Nurturing children at school Article 113
- Nutriendo a los Niños en la Escuela Article 85
- School nutrition horror stories Article 55
- Schools are not weight-loss camps Article 07
- Stop being hysterical about “obesity!” Article 11
- USDA FNS child feeding policies and recommendations: what is the role for the division of responsibility in feeding? Article 82
Other
- Adoptive and foster child feeding problems Article 53
- ARFID: What is it? What does it have to do with feeding dynamics and eating competence? Article 89
- Catchup growth: Normal for premature babies Article 77
- Division of responsibility in feeding works for special needs Article 67
- Does following the division of responsibility mean you have to starve children to make them eat? Article 79
- Does the division of responsibility in feeding work in clinical care? Article 86
- Feeding neglected children mandates division of responsibility in feeding Article 90
- Medication and the division of responsibility in feeding Article 58
- Picky eating: Born or made? Article 20