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COVID-19 has brought us a lot of firsts. For some, the COVID-19 era may have been the first time many may have and are currently experiencing anxiety: children making up a large percentage of this category.
There’s a well-known quote that says “We can’t stop the waves in life, but we can learn to surf”
We can’t change what we’ve been and are still going through with COVID, however, we can change our perception of it, and choose to look at the events and situations from another point of view. That being, what have we learnt from this living through the pandemic that can help benefit our lives?
Lucky for us we are joined by our special guest Sarah Smith, Dietitian from Bayside Dietetics who is going to talk to us about how we can learn from our COVID anxiety and help us and our children be healthier. Sarah works in private a practice in Bayside Melbourne after working for an extended period within a Monash Children’s Hospital.
We ask Sarah questions including:
- As a dietitian, you have naturally used the analogy of food and it’s relation to COVID anxiety. Can you explain a little more about your philosophy?
- How does the concept of not getting enough to eat do the very opposite and drive us to overeat?
- Is the example of panic buying the correlation and demonstration of human behaviour of anxiety and how we have demonstrated this recently in the COVID-19 era?
- Could you please explain how trying to stop your child from eating too much can backfire and make them eat more?
- Is there an alternative approach that doesn’t have the consequence of backfiring in this way?
- What else can parents be doing to make sure they look after their children’s eating and nutrition?
For Sarah’s full article please visit: https://kiddipedia.com.au/learning-from-covid-anxiety-to-help-our-kids-be-healthier/
For more information on Sarah, please go to: http://www.baysidedietetics.com.au/
