Optimal Health Daily - Fitness and Nutrition 3257: [Part 2] Instead of a Diet for Kids These Healthy Habits Create Real Change by Crystal Karges on Practical Nutrition Habits
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Jan 13, 2026 Crystal Karges discusses the harmful legacy of dieting, highlighting how it affects future generations. She shares her personal journey with eating disorders and emphasizes the importance of breaking the cycle of diet culture. Karges offers practical non-diet habits for kids, such as promoting safe play and family meals. The conversation centers on fostering trust and body acceptance instead of shame. Ultimately, she argues that prioritizing healthy behaviors can lead to lasting wellbeing without the constraints of dieting.
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Diets Disguised As Wellness
- Diets are marketed as solutions and often hide as wellness culture, making them hard to recognize.
- Health has been mischaracterized as being in a smaller body rather than overall well-being.
Dieting Behaviors Pass To Children
- Dieting behaviors transmit generationally and increase risk of disordered eating in children.
- Diet-induced fear makes parents more likely to distrust their child's body and intervene harmfully.
Personal Recovery Shapes Her Mission
- Crystal Karges shared her severe eating disorder from ages 17 to 23 and how dieting behaviors in her family contributed.
- She survived long enough to heal and is committed to raising her kids differently.