Application

Why Not Reward With Food?

• Children should learn to eat only when they are hungry. This helps them learn how to understand their own hunger and satiation cues.
• Research finds that rewarding children with treats can lead to over-consumption of treat foods.
• Comforting children with food can teach them to use food to feel good inside.
• Children learn to like treat foods better than healthy foods.
• Children can begin to expect food in return for good behavior.