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Expert-backed tips, recovery stories, and updates from WithAll.
WithAll is thrilled to introduce What to Say for Me, a transformative online course for parents. Lisa Radzak, WithAll’s Executive Director and course facilitator, explains who this course is designed for and how it empowers families to break harmful cycles together.
At some point, many parents reach a quiet crossroads around food. You’ve tried to stay relaxed. You don’t want to make eating a “thing.” But when your child keeps asking for more, grazes constantly, or seems unsatisfied no matter what you offer, uncertainty creeps in. Should you tighten the structure? Let it go? Say something…
Diet talk is everywhere. It shows up at family gatherings, on social media, in TV shows, and in the tiny comments we make without thinking. It is so common that many adults are not even aware they are doing it.
Comments about weight show up in everyday life more often than we realize. They slip into compliments, jokes, health conversations, and even the way adults talk about their own bodies. Most of the time, these comments are unintentional, shaped by the language many of us grew up hearing. For kids, though, these moments matter.
My name is Elle Jones, I’m 18 and was one of the WithAll 2021 summer interns. Throughout the summer, I worked on a project focused on infusing youth voices into WithAll’s What to Say program. Research shows that what adults say matters, but WithAll wanted to hear from teens like me how it matters and…
We all want our kids to have a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. But in today's world, it can be increasingly difficult to know how to best support children's physical and mental health. As a parent, you have a powerful opportunity to shape the way your children think about and feel in their…
GLP-1 medications — the category that includes Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound — were originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes. They’re now widely marketed for weight loss. And if you’ve noticed the ads, so have your kids. Here’s what WithAll’s Executive Director thinks parents need to know.
Dear WithAll Supporters, When people think of WithAll, they often think of our programs—our Recovery Support Program and What to Say’s resources and tools to help adults support young people’s health around food and body image. But our mission reaches further than…
Most of us were never taught how to have a healthy relationship with our bodies. So figuring out how to teach kids to love their bodies, especially on the days when you're not loving your own, can feel really hard.
Eating disorder recovery can be life-saving, but treatment often comes with significant financial strain. The WithAll Recovery Support Program helps people in treatment cover essential living expenses so they can focus on healing. Ursula received one of these grants during her recovery journey. This is her story.
Doctors can be excellent partners in helping kids develop positive body image and food relationships. We partnered with one of the family physicians in our What to Say Network to share the top advice she gives to parents for supporting kids’ health at home. Here’s what she had to say:
How do you support kids in building healthy habits around screens, sleep, movement, and more, without using guilt as a motivator? In this short video, Dr. Kelsey Varzeas, clinician, research scientist, and Certified Mental Performance Consultant, shares practical ways to foster positive routines rooted in structure and care, not shame.