There are picky eaters and there are SERIOUSLY PICKY eaters! Parents and therapists alike face the challenges of supporting children with both mild and extreme picky eating tendencies. We know it is developmentally appropriate for toddlers to be picky. However, some toddlers don’t naturally outgrow their strong tendencies and continue to have narrow diets with very few foods and few food groups. These children and their parents struggle to enjoy mealtimes. Oftentimes their dietitians and feeding therapists struggle to help them. Let’s take a look at the continuum of picky with a focus on the children who are most worried about new foods and how to help them.
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Anxious Eaters, Anxious Mealtimes
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