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How Visiting Family During the Holidays Affects Our Health
Professor Ogden highlights parental influence on lifelong eating habits and advises a balanced, self-compassionate approach to food, warning against strict restrictions and using food as reward.
- New book How to Eat Well at Every Age by Professor Jane Ogden links family dynamics to persistent eating behaviour and offers practical advice in the 2025 publication.
- Up until the age of about 12, parents teach children what, when, and how to eat and remain key role models, while parental modelling continues to influence habits beyond early childhood.
- At family gatherings, Ogden says that food can help regulate emotions like boredom, anxiety, or loneliness, and she suggests that labels from older generations can cause guilt, shame, and rebound overeating.
- To avoid holiday pitfalls, Ogden recommends parents and individuals worried about holiday overindulgence use moderation and self-compassion, warning strict restrictions can backfire and cause guilt.
- For those caring for older relatives, Ogden says Christmas can ensure they eat a homecooked meal and advises checking on those who eat less, noting `We are an ageing population`.
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