Training Kids to Tune Out External Cues, Tune in to Internal Ones
How do we humans know when it’s time to eat? Or how much to eat?
It starts well: in the beginning, our hunger perfectly regulates our eating. A baby cries when she’s hungry and we feed her the optimal food—breast milk—or the best baby formula we can buy. It’s a simple as that. Parents, who know best, feed the baby only those foods that will benefit her, and she learns to like them. So far, so good.
Getting civilized
It all becomes considerably more complicated as we grow up. In part, it’s a matter of becoming more civilized in our eating habits. Learning to follow some external cues…
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