Sal DiStefano

become more healthy and fit based on actual data, but also based on our experience, training, lots of people, lots of families for over two decades and messing up a lot and then figuring out how to do it the right way. But number one is to be the example. So when a child grows up in a home that has any kind of particular behavior,

Even if the parents chastise the behavior or communicate to the kids, don't do this, don't do this, even though they do it themselves, the odds, and the data on this is very clear, the odds that the child will follow in the footsteps of their parents is incredibly high. Children... listen to actions far more than they listen to words.

Even if the parents chastise the behavior or communicate to the kids, don't do this, don't do this, even though they do it themselves, the odds, and the data on this is very clear, the odds that the child will follow in the footsteps of their parents is incredibly high. Children... listen to actions far more than they listen to words.

Even if the parents chastise the behavior or communicate to the kids, don't do this, don't do this, even though they do it themselves, the odds, and the data on this is very clear, the odds that the child will follow in the footsteps of their parents is incredibly high. Children... listen to actions far more than they listen to words.

So if you want your child to lead a healthy lifestyle, 90% of all of your success is going to be leading it yourself and being the example.

So if you want your child to lead a healthy lifestyle, 90% of all of your success is going to be leading it yourself and being the example.

So if you want your child to lead a healthy lifestyle, 90% of all of your success is going to be leading it yourself and being the example.

That's right. But to get even more, to make it even more important, or should I say to really hammer this home, that what you're communicating, Adam, I think a lot of people on the surface would get that. Like, okay, don't take my kids to eat certain foods or don't reward them with certain things or activities that are not necessarily healthy, which makes a lot of sense.

That's right. But to get even more, to make it even more important, or should I say to really hammer this home, that what you're communicating, Adam, I think a lot of people on the surface would get that. Like, okay, don't take my kids to eat certain foods or don't reward them with certain things or activities that are not necessarily healthy, which makes a lot of sense.

That's right. But to get even more, to make it even more important, or should I say to really hammer this home, that what you're communicating, Adam, I think a lot of people on the surface would get that. Like, okay, don't take my kids to eat certain foods or don't reward them with certain things or activities that are not necessarily healthy, which makes a lot of sense.

I think a lot of people would say that makes a lot of sense. But what a lot of people don't realize is that, let's say you don't even do that, but you yourself...

I think a lot of people would say that makes a lot of sense. But what a lot of people don't realize is that, let's say you don't even do that, but you yourself...

I think a lot of people would say that makes a lot of sense. But what a lot of people don't realize is that, let's say you don't even do that, but you yourself...

eat uh particular ways or are inactive in particular ways and they observe your behaviors in fact when you look at the data on uh body image issues for example they have some data on girls and body image issues and eating disorders one of the strongest connections there's a lot of things that can contribute to but one of them is how mom talks about herself

eat uh particular ways or are inactive in particular ways and they observe your behaviors in fact when you look at the data on uh body image issues for example they have some data on girls and body image issues and eating disorders one of the strongest connections there's a lot of things that can contribute to but one of them is how mom talks about herself

eat uh particular ways or are inactive in particular ways and they observe your behaviors in fact when you look at the data on uh body image issues for example they have some data on girls and body image issues and eating disorders one of the strongest connections there's a lot of things that can contribute to but one of them is how mom talks about herself

So it's not about how mom talks to her daughter. That's an obvious one. I think everybody knows if you tell your kid or you, that you can very much impose a body image issue on your child or cause them to have poor self-image by the way you talk to them. That's obvious. But a lot of kids will internalize what you say about yourself.

So it's not about how mom talks to her daughter. That's an obvious one. I think everybody knows if you tell your kid or you, that you can very much impose a body image issue on your child or cause them to have poor self-image by the way you talk to them. That's obvious. But a lot of kids will internalize what you say about yourself.

So it's not about how mom talks to her daughter. That's an obvious one. I think everybody knows if you tell your kid or you, that you can very much impose a body image issue on your child or cause them to have poor self-image by the way you talk to them. That's obvious. But a lot of kids will internalize what you say about yourself.

So mom looking in the mirror and saying, you know, even under her breath, oh my God, I'm so fat. Or looking at a picture with her family. Oh my God, look how fit I was there. I'm so gross now or whatever. The child hears that and starts to adopt it. And the same is true for your behaviors with activity, with nutrition. I remember having this conversation with a client myself.