Assignment task: Focus on the Families
Reflect on your personal experiences. After responding to each question, discuss how these experiences may have affected your relationship with food and body image if at all.
1. In general, what are your recollections about how food and eating were approached in your family while you were growing up?
2. Was food used as a reward? As a punishment?
3. Did your family recognize "comfort foods" or in other ways tie food to either positive or negative emotions?
4. Were you required to eat everything on your plate?
5. Did your family comment on each other's weight?
6. Was the dinner table a frequent place for arguments and family conflict?
7. How do you see your present attitudes about weight and eating connecting with your childhood family experiences?