The book reads like a comforting conversation with a trusted friend who understands the challenges of raising children in today's food and body-obsessed culture. Schauster shares stories from her clients and families, blending them seamlessly with evidence-based guidance to create a valuable resource for anyone involved in nurturing young minds.

From addressing picky eaters to supporting children with body image concerns, "Nurture" provides valuable insights and strategies for fostering a healthy relationship with food and body positivity. It's a must-read for parents and caregivers seeking to create an inclusive and supportive environment that promotes well-being for the next generation.

As someone who has grappled with food-related struggles, I found "Nurture" to be an incredibly empowering and informative read. Schauster's compassionate approach and practical advice make this book an invaluable tool for anyone invested in raising kids who love food, their bodies, and themselves.

I found this book so easy to read but so profound in many ways. I am definitely always referencing back to this book. Definitely a good one to keep around!

This book is a life-enhancing tool for:

- Parents and caregivers who have had their own food and body issues and don't want to pass them on to the next generation

- Parents and caregivers with kids exhibiting body image concerns

- Parents and caregivers with kids exhibiting disordered eating who want direction

- Parents and caregivers with kids in larger bodies who feel unclear as to how to help them in the fat-phobic culture we live in

- Parents and caregivers with picky eaters who don't want to create dynamics around food that might lead to eating and body issues later in life

- People who spend time with children and teens and want to create an inclusive, health-and-well-being-enhancing culture around them

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of "Nurture" in exchange for an honest review. Schauster's work was a quick read and I would recommend it whether you are a parent or not. The book is broken up into easily digestible steps and includes citations and a summary at the end of each section. She utilizes bold typeface to emphasize things and add clarity. She draws on FBT, HAES, and experts like Ellyn Satter. She also incorporates her own experiences as an individual and parent. It is a really approachable book if you are just beginning to explore what a relationship with food looks like in your family system.

As a mom in recovery from an eating disorder raising girls, this book was a good read with very useful ideas on how to remain body positive and how to view food in our family.

Thank you for an advanced copy of this book. It is a well written, making it easy for the reader to learn about eating needs and habits which are so important to link to early childhood education. Parents and caretakers are facing a real struggle to educate and nurture kids and teenagers about healthy eating habits and positive body images- this book can definitely help!

Nurture is an excellent guide for parents and caretakers who want to support their child's healthy relationship with food and their body. With wit and empathy, Heidi addresses the increasing challenges of eating disorders and body dissatisfaction. This book equips you with practical skills and strategies for navigating feeding, promoting positive body image, managing social media, and understanding the importance of parental boundaries. You'll also gain valuable insights on dealing with diet culture and the role of emotional regulation in preventing eating disorders. It's a valuable resource for any parent seeking to break the cycle of dieting and body negativity across generations.

I found this book so easy to read but so profound in many ways. I enjoyed the promotion of taking a holistic approach to managing disordered eating or disordered thinking around food. The author understands that disordered eating isn’t just about weight and there are very real obstacles (social and economic support, accessibility etc). I really like the perspective of movement particularly as it relates to safety, accessibility, and physical differences.

The author is careful to recognize her privilege as a small bodied, non-physically disabled person which she accounts for throughout this book.

Her voice is so compassionate and it’s not hard to see what her sessions with clients would look like: a safe space filled with understanding and empathy.

Such an all encompassing book in the ways anti-fat bias is insidious and pervasive.

I found this easy to consume. It’s equal parts statistics and scientific facts, personal anecdotes, and practical strategies for parents and caregivers. I’m looking forward to picking up her first book Nourish to help me better understand MY relationship with food to help promote these same principles with my child.

Wow, what an important book this is! As someone who grew up experiencing significant body shaming & negative comments on my appearance (which as I look back at photos on appears completely normal and healthy) from those closest to me, I truly FEEL the content of this book. The words resonate with me so much, and I found myself connecting so deeply with the points included. I want to give my children a much healthier, more positive perspective on food and body image than I had. Even as an adult, I still carry many negative body thoughts and shame with me. It is so hard to shake when you grew up feeling a certain way. But this book really explains the importance of giving our children a healthy foundation to build the rest of their lives on.
The explanations and tips for prevention are such valuable tips for all parents to have. I cannot recommend this book enough! Thank you for creating such a positive resource so we can help break the cycle.

Easy go read and follow. Good strategies and good advice to parents. Quick read. Will reread to take as much as possible from it. Interesting discussions with fellow parents following reading this book.

Overall, this was a quick and helpful read. I appreciated a dietician’s perspective on the food-family relationship, especially as a mother of two toddlers. The reason I didn’t give it five-stars is that it felt repetitive at times and overly narrative. The points the author made were pretty straightforward but she kept explaining them past the point I felt was necessary. I also wasn’t a fan of her referencing her first book multiple times, and in a way that forces the reader to read her first book in order to follow.

All that being said, I did walk away with a few helpful tips and a reinforcement of information I have personally researched myself in the past.

This is a must-have resource. It is full of great strategies, advice, and easy to implement ideas. This is one I'll return to again and again. Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for the advanced copy of the book.