Mindful eating is paying attention to the full experience of eating. I believe that mindful eating begins long before the first bite of food hits your mouth. It starts with the selection and preparation of food, continues through a multisensory eating experience, and ends with a comfortable level of fullness and contentment.
Unfortunately, children, the most mindful eaters in early life, gradually unlearn this natural skill. As toddlers, they touch, smell, and taste every morsel. When they are full they stop eating the food (and throw it instead). As they get older, they are socialized to see eating as a task to be hurriedly finished on the way to practice, or mindlessly accomplished while watching T.V. And cooking? Many kids don't have any idea where their food even comes from much less how to prepare it.
Great Article about kids
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