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They’re touted as the end-all-be-all of healthy eating. Here’s what to do if your kid won’t touch them. When I ask parents for their biggest frustrations around feeding their kids, I often hear this: “They won’t eat any vegetables!” I get it. Vegetables are treated like the holy grail of healthy eating. So if your …
As a kid, I was a very picky eater. Here’s how I overcame it–and what I want you to know about picky eating. When parents tell me they’re practically breaking with frustration over their picky eaters, I can relate. When my kids were younger, I spent some miserable family dinners feeling like a failure. But …
Some finicky behaviors are a normal part of development–but could you be making your kid’s picky eating worse? Here are 5 things to avoid! Picky eating can take even the most unflappable parent to the brink. Yes, some finicky tendencies are a normal part of development. But truth is, some of what we’re doing as …
Is your teenager stuck in her eating habits? Don’t give up! Here are 10 tips for helping your teenager with picky eating. Picky eating isn’t just something that affects young kids–and I say that from personal experience. I’m a former picky eater, and I know firsthand that extreme picky eating can eventually feel embarrassing and …
Frustrated by your picky eater? Here’s the secret to helping kids become more familiar and comfortable around new foods. As parents, getting our kids to eat new foods feels like the end-all-be-all, right? But maybe we’re going about it all wrong. I’ve been a fan of Dr. Dina Rose, author of It’s Not About the …
Dear Joel, You are a really good sport. You endure embarrassing anecdotes on my Facebook page and ribbing on my blog and even humored me by writing a couple of What We Ate Wednesday posts. In fact, you’re such a good sport that I’m not even vetting this post with you before I hit “publish”. …
Here’s a simple idea to help your picky eater and encourage kids to try new foods: Use a “Taste Plate” and take some stress out of mealtime. Maybe you have one of those kids who willingly tries new foods–and happily welcomes those new foods on their plate. Lucky you! Lots of kids I know (including, …
All kids (especially picky eaters) need to learn this crucial dinner table lesson so they can become happy, healthy, and flexible eaters. Since I’m a dietitian, you might expect this lesson would be “Include a variety of food groups” or “Fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables”. Those lessons are important too. But the one …
Hello. Real Dad Nutrition here with a guest post. Some of you may remember that I, like Sally, am a recovering picky eater. Perhaps your spouse or partner still struggles to maintain an open mind and a willingness to try new foods. To give you some hope, Sally has volun-told me to share with you the… 10 Foods I Learned …
My poor parents. They have to endure all the references I make on this blog to my childhood diet of Steak-umms, cherry Kool-Aid, and canned corned beef. But as much as I like to poke fun at my (probably-pretty-typical-for-the-70s-and-80s) habits, there are also many ways my parents have shaped my eating habits for the better. So …
I use the term “picky eater” on my blog as shorthand for behavior most of us are pretty familiar with: refusing new foods, preferring familiar foods, and generally being a pain in the neck at the dinner table. But though my kids have certainly displayed all of those behaviors, I’ve never actually called them picky. It’s a label that’s …
Picky eating is very common among kids–but sometimes it’s more than just garden-variety pickiness. In their new book, Helping Your Child With Extreme Picky Eating, authors Katja Rowell MD and Jenny McGlothlin SLP define “extreme” picky eating (EPE) as not eating enough quantity or variety to support healthy emotional, physical, or social development, or eating patterns …
