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Nutrition & Brain Health

Fussy eating, family food culture and the real nutrition science — free of diet culture, fear language and supplement marketing.

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Therapist-curated resource guide

Nutrition & Brain Health

A Thrive List™ for the Nutrition & Brain Health pathway

Best Parent Books9

Best Children's Books4

Best Teen Books3

Best Podcasts4

Best Apps3

Best Websites3

Best YouTube Channels2

Helpful Organisations3

Last updated 30 July 2026

From the therapist

Two rules underpin everything in this guide: you decide what, where and when food appears; your child decides whether and how much. Almost every resource here is an elaboration of that division of responsibility.

If you're overwhelmed, start here

01
Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Ellyn Satter
02
How to Get Your Kid to Eat(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Ellyn Satter
03
Fearless Feeding(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Jill Castle & Maryann Jacobsen

If today is not the day for a reading list: take the three Start Here picks, ignore everything else, and come back in a month.

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Best Parent Books

9 recommendations

01
Top pick
Child of Mine: Feeding with Love and Good Sense(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Ellyn Satter
02
Top pick
How to Get Your Kid to Eat(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Ellyn Satter
03
Top pick
Fearless Feeding(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Jill Castle & Maryann Jacobsen

6 more in the PDF

Best Children's Books

4 recommendations

01
Top pick
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Lauren Child
02
Gregory, the Terrible Eater(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Mitchell Sharmat
03
Good Enough to Eat(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Lizzy Rockwell

1 more in the PDF

Best Teen Books

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
Body Respect(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Linda Bacon & Lucy Aphramor
02
Fuel Your Body(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Angie Asche
03
Top pick
More Than a Body(find this book on Amazon, opens in a new tab)
Lexie & Lindsay Kite

Best Podcasts

4 recommendations

01
Top pick
Feeding Littles(opens in a new tab)
Judy Delaware & Megan McNamee
02
Top pick
Maintenance Phase(opens in a new tab)
Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
03
Sunny Side Up Nutrition(opens in a new tab)
Various

1 more in the PDF

Best Apps

3 recommendations

01
Yuka(opens in a new tab)
Yuka
02
Top pick
Mealime(opens in a new tab)
Mealime
03
Kitchen Stories(opens in a new tab)
Kitchen Stories

Best Websites

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
Ellyn Satter Institute(opens in a new tab)
Ellyn Satter Institute
02
Top pick
Kids Eat in Color(opens in a new tab)
Jennifer Anderson
03
Top pick
British Nutrition Foundation(opens in a new tab)
BNF

Best YouTube Channels

2 recommendations

01
Top pick
Division of Responsibility Explained(opens in a new tab)
Ellyn Satter Institute
02
Family Meals, Simplified(opens in a new tab)
Kids Eat in Color

Helpful Organisations

3 recommendations

01
Top pick
BEAT(opens in a new tab)
BEAT
02
Top pick
BDA — Find a Dietitian(opens in a new tab)
British Dietetic Association
03
First Steps ED(opens in a new tab)
First Steps ED

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