Your child's body will do wherever it wants to do from the age of zero until the age of 18.

And probably a bit beyond that. Don't mess with the process.

And as we've said before, the more you restrict your child.

So the more you intervene and say, I'm going to put you on a diet, the worse it will be.

It will do nothing for your child in the short term because their bodies will be what their

bodies will be. You can't get making children lose weight is almost impossible. They're growing.

So trying to force, it's interesting, all these child quote unquote, oh, you hate, now I hate this

word, but the obese child obesity programs, oh, you hate, now I hate this word,

but the obese child obesity programs, zero success rate because children are growing. If children

stop gaining weight, there's a problem. So it doesn't work. But what it will do is we'll set them up

for a lifetime of disordered eating, maybe an eating disorder and they'll end up being fat adults,

right? It's almost guaranteed. If you leave your child alone,

just leave them be, let them do what they're going to do, they'll be fine.

Hey team, welcome back to Don't Salt My Game, where we are having conversations with game

changers who are flipping diet culture on its head. I'm Laura Thomas. I'm a

registered nutritionist who specializes in intuitive eating and anti-diet nutrition. And I'm also the

author of Just Eat It and How to Just Eat It. Today I'm talking to Dr. Asher Laramie, aka

The Fat Doctor. I'm so excited about this episode, but first of all, just a quick

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