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Talking to doctors about eating issues: Parent perceptions

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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 […]

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Advocacy, ARFID

Can I help my picky eating partner? 

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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 […]

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The Stubborn Child

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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 […]

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Healthy Eating Curriculum: Is it?

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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 […]

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Advocacy, Health, Nutrition

ARFID and Supportive Parenting: What Your Teen Needs From You

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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. […]

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Black Bean Brownies

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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 […]

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Nutrition

Meals: It’s Not About The Food

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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 […]

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America Did Not Invent The Picky Eater

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“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 […]

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12 Things Selective Eaters Want You To Know

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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 […]

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Advocacy, Mealtime Hostage

You can be healthy … and not perfect 

November 6, 2016by mealtimehostage

[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 […]

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Food

Turning Food Into Fun Learning Games At School 

September 30, 2016by mealtimehostage

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 […]

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