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First Bite

First Bite

By Bee Wilson

How We Learn to Eat. Basic Books, 2015.

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14 mins read

13 Key insights

A brief summary of First Bite

A nutritionist’s guide to how your environment influences how you eat, how your tastes develop, and what to do to cultivate new tastes and healthier eating habits.

Key insights in First Bite

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What do i get from this book? Insight into the development of our food tastes and how to change them
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The foods you like and dislike are a product of your environment growing up
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The emotional connections forged by strong memories make some foods a part of your identity
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The food a child eats will dictate their developing tastes and affect their habits for a lifetime
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Children have a natural tendency to eat well, but their tastes are highly susceptible to negative influences
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Parents need to be authoritative about setting high standards for their children’s nutrition, without forcing them to eat
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Boys and girls face harmful gendered beliefs about what and how they should eat
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Hunger looks like a basic human impulse but it’s complicated to regulate and alleviate
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It's possible to overcome an eating disorder with disciplined mealtimes and a positive, social association with food
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If your eating habits are learned behaviors, then you can relearn new, healthier ones
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Summary of the key insights
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read First Bite

Parents • nutritionists • anyone who’s ever been on a diet • foodies • picky eaters

About the author of First Bite

Bee Wilson is a food writer and historian, and founded the food education charity TastEd to help children learn healthy eating habits. Her writing has been published in The Guardian, The New Yorker, and The Sunday Telegraph. She has also published several books, including Consider the Fork and The Way We Eat Now.

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