If you can cancel a child’s hunger during those first three years - from conception to toddlerdom -you create possibilities that stretch decades into the future. If not, the consequences can last for generations.

From childhood onwards, our idea of fullness is heavily influenced by how much food we are offered.

Many parents, especially those who themselves struggle with their weight, believe that a child is incapable of self-control when it comes to eating.

Part of the magic of childhood for most of us, looking back, was the sensation of freedom in your own body - the feeling that these legs were made for skipping.