Healthy Eating Curriculum: Is it?
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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Striving for thin
The trauma team spoke to the grade seven students as a class, and then to each student individually following the news that their classmate had committed suicide. When it was […]
Can I Trust a Skinny Child with Eating?
Trusting your child with eating is hard. My selective eater is a tall drink of water – he’s always been low on the charts for weight, and top of charts […]
ARFID and Supportive Parenting: What Your Teen Needs From You
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. […]
Dear Mealtime Hostage: Is my picky eating all in my mind?
Hi. I came across your website when I googled searched ” Is my picky eating habits all in my mind”? I’ve been a fussy eater since birth and my parents […]
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