A short YouTube clip featuring Gin Stephens (from her podcast Intermittent Fasting Stories) warning that casual parental comments about eating and body size can leave lifelong negative impressions; she cites interviews with over 400 intermittent fasting guests who report childhood comments (e.g., 'you're getting a little chunky') leading to decades-long guilt and self-criticism.
You may not realize how kids are really learning from us. You know, with my podcast, Intermittent Fasting Stories, I've interviewed over 400 people now who are intermittent fasters that tell their story. And one very common story that people, you know, in their 60s, 50s are telling is that they got these thoughts, these negative thoughts as children about their bodies or about what they were eating. Like their dad made a comment like, well, you shouldn't eat that. You're getting a little chunky. And now they're 60 year old women who have this intense guilt that they got from when they were five.
