Ep. 88: Packing School Lunches with Diana Rice
Anna L. and Elizabeth chat with Diana Rice, a registered dietitian who works with both children and adults to put positive family feeding dynamics into practice and heal food-related issues brought on by medical conditions or years of chronic dieting.
They discuss:
- Why packing school lunches can feel like such a chore to parents.
- Bento boxes/insta-ready lunches.
- Managing packing lunches day-to-day, week-by-week.
- Recommendations for packing lunches for picky eaters.
- When kids can start packing their own lunches, or at least help packing lunches.
Links:
- Diana Rice Tiny Seed Nutrition
- Kid Food Explorers mentioned by Diana
- Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy
- Pinney Davenport Nutrition
- https://thirdwheeled.com/
- https://m8.design/
- https://www.sonics.io/
Diana Rice, RD, LD (she/her) is the founder of Tiny Seed Family Nutrition, a counseling and consulting company with the mission of helping families enjoy a healthy relationship with food. In her private practice, she treats both children and adults with conditions including selective eating, food fixations, body image and weight concerns and dieting trauma.
She studied dietetics at the University of Northern Colorado, completed her dietetic internship with Cedar Crest College and also holds a degree in journalism from New York University. Diana practices from a weight-inclusive lens and is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She is active on Instagram at @anti.diet.kids, a platform to help parents navigate raising children to reject diet culture and embrace their naturally-born ability to be intuitive eaters.
She is also the author of the Substack newsletter and podcast, The Messy Intersection, which speaks to parents seeking to restore their own relationships with food while raising children with the resilience to resist dieting and embrace their natural body sizes. Diana is based in Edmond, Oklahoma where she lives with her husband and two girls.