Parents of selective eaters will tell you there’s more going on at their table than just developmentally typical “picky eating.” Looking forward to mealtimes is as foreign to these parents […]
My boyfriend tells me he sees eating as an unpleasant chore, and since most social occasions are based on food, he avoids those situations as well. He eats only a […]
Not far away from where we live is an amusement park with a varied selection of roller coasters to satisfy my cravings for high-speed thrills. My husband loves roller coasters […]
Parents around the world want their children to have a healthy lunch either packed from home or available to students at school. While many school districts have set nutritional standards for […]
The following is a letter from a teenager whose parents have been insisting that she tries new foods – an experience she describes as unbearable and always ends in tears. […]
We’ve all seen those “even picky eaters will love” posts that test the will of the human spirit with ways to make ordinary food look horrifying. This isn’t one of […]
You’ve prepared a delicious meal. Great care and expense went into the finest ingredients, and you’ve successfully fielded dozens of questions from the kitchen without losing your composure, or forgetting […]
“Picky eating is an American problem. If children were not offered junk or fast food to begin with, they would have better palates for healthy food and they wouldn’t be […]
Author note: Selective eating was added to the 5th edition of the DSM-V in May 2013 as Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. “You didn’t eat the peas,” “Why don’t you […]
[The perfect secret to making any food healthy] My childhood memories of winter are associated with the smell of freshly baked cookies and tarts; warming up from the brisk November […]
The topic of Health as a subject at school came up during yesterday’s dinner, specifically, how boring it is to be told what to eat … “All. The. Time.” <insert […]
