The Youth Fitness Podcast™

The Youth Fitness Podcast™


S1E6: U18 Introducing Nutrition to Youth

June 22, 2022

Hop on with Jeff, Keegan, Mikki for easy to follow ideas on how to approach and present nutrition in a developmentally appropriate way, while avoiding the minefield of concerns surrounding food, family, culture, myths and eating disorders.


Bonus advice from a future full interview episode featuring Special Guest Alfia Dunbar MS who currently works in a therapeutic setting to assist youth to recover from eating disorders.


Show Highlights:

1:05 Developing a healthy relationship with food

2:44 5 year olds and macros? avoiding good bad framing

5:02-7:59 Alfia, awareness from an expert in the field, eating disorders and bringing youth back to health

8:32 "All the time foods", and "sometimes foods"

10:24 Base Build Boost developmental appropriateness and avoiding the rush to performance based concepts

13:00 Performance stage and the education process

14:09 Parental engagement, facts and the minefield of emotion and culture surrounding nutrition