# Episode 17 | Body Image Issues Start at Age 5 — What Parents Can Do Right Now

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Podcast: [Nutrition for the Early Years](https://stenobird.com/podcast/nutrition-for-the-early-years-7637720)
Published: 2026-04-21T08:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Episode 17 | Body Image Issues Start at Age 5 — What Parents Can Do Right Now Here's something that stops parents in their tracks when I say it in clinic: body image concerns can show up as early as age 5. Not 13. Not even 10. Five. That means by the time most of us think we need to start "the conversation," our kids have already been building a relationship with their bodies for years — shaped by what they hear, what they see, and what happens around food at home. This episo...

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