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Food, should we or shouldn't we!?
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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 548754" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p>difficult child in training is also a very very picky eater and only eats chicken nuggets, max and cheese, cheese only pizza, and salmon (but only with a lot of catchup, yuk!). He will eat carrots, and corn but only if it is fresh and still on the cob. </p><p></p><p>I found an article that stated that very picky eating is now a new eating disorder. It is not like anorexia because they don't have the body image issues and frequently are heave, they just limit what they eat. Usually to relatively bland foods. One possible reason was that maybe food taste differently to them. That flavor might just tastes bad to them. Texture and consistency can also be a problem. I keep reading the article with bated breath waiting for what actions I could take. They never provided any. They said many out grow it and do learn to eat better when grown, but not all of them.</p><p></p><p>We don't fight the issue. difficult child in Training has been trained on how to make his own foods, and has been for several years. I also always show him the nutrition information to encourage better choices, but I don't fight the bad ones. He will eat ham if sliced very thin. So we make sure to have salmon, ham, carrots and catchup around. I also make sure he eats a multivitamin each day. We also keep the sweets around the house to a minumum. But, you would be supprized at how easy it is to get candy from school, friends and other places. He is also overweight, but is slimming down a little. My mom is very judgmental regarding this she thinks it is terrible and last Thanksgiving was a nightmare. But I still need to do whats best for my son, and I don't believe that a high level of punishment would help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 548754, member: 6557"] difficult child in training is also a very very picky eater and only eats chicken nuggets, max and cheese, cheese only pizza, and salmon (but only with a lot of catchup, yuk!). He will eat carrots, and corn but only if it is fresh and still on the cob. I found an article that stated that very picky eating is now a new eating disorder. It is not like anorexia because they don't have the body image issues and frequently are heave, they just limit what they eat. Usually to relatively bland foods. One possible reason was that maybe food taste differently to them. That flavor might just tastes bad to them. Texture and consistency can also be a problem. I keep reading the article with bated breath waiting for what actions I could take. They never provided any. They said many out grow it and do learn to eat better when grown, but not all of them. We don't fight the issue. difficult child in Training has been trained on how to make his own foods, and has been for several years. I also always show him the nutrition information to encourage better choices, but I don't fight the bad ones. He will eat ham if sliced very thin. So we make sure to have salmon, ham, carrots and catchup around. I also make sure he eats a multivitamin each day. We also keep the sweets around the house to a minumum. But, you would be supprized at how easy it is to get candy from school, friends and other places. He is also overweight, but is slimming down a little. My mom is very judgmental regarding this she thinks it is terrible and last Thanksgiving was a nightmare. But I still need to do whats best for my son, and I don't believe that a high level of punishment would help. [/QUOTE]
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