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From Parents.com, By Hannah SilvermanFor some of us, feeding our kids is the most frustrating part of the day. I don’t know how many times there were meltdowns at our dining table—and it wasn’t only my fussy-eating toddler who was losing their cool.But to the relief of many, a new study suggests picky eating might not be entirely down to anything we’re doing wrong as parents. Instead, it Keep Reading >>
By Madeline Holcombe, CNNCNN — When Hannah was 7 years old, she told her parents she didn’t want to be afraid of food anymore.She had stopped wanting to go to Girl Scouts, birthday parties, restaurants, family celebrations and even the dinner table. Food was everywhere, and it gave her a lot of anxiety, said her mom, Michelle, who is not sharing their last name for Hannah’s safety.Read more Keep Reading >>
ByTovah Feehan, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC in Dysphagia CafeThis is a wonderful article. I just added this to my required reading for my grad classes in Peds Feeding! INTRODUCTION Keep Reading >>
The Supportive Treatment of Eating in Preschoolers (STEPS) isa small group program for children ages 2 to 5 with feeding disorders and their parents in TX started by Jenny McGlothlin MS, CCC-SLP, CLC where supervised graduate students learn and facilitate intervention. When I heard about STEPS, I was intrigued. As a feeding therapist we are always trying to serve children and their families in Keep Reading >>
Interesting read By Alexandra Schwartz in The New Yorker, April 22, 2024When I was pregnant with my son, I took slow, blood-circulating walks around Prospect Park and thought about feeding him lemons. Not just lemons, of course. Also roast chicken and broccoli florets, their edges nicely charred from the oven; sweet, juicy peaches and tart Cortland apples; curried egg salad and garlicky Greek Keep Reading >>
"It was a challenge to get 21 different countries to agree, with totally different thoughts, idiosyncrasies, traditions and culture," said Vázquez. "We had to clarify definitions and totally conceptual issues. A titanic task: we talked about the fact that this project began 5 years ago and is only now being completed."Read more: Keep Reading >>
The personal reasons driving food choices in America are more complex than people realize, says the author of “How the Other Half Eats."Dec. 15, 2021, 10:11 AM EST / Source: TODAYBy A. PawlowskiThe mom who lives in the $2 million house, the mom who is raising her kids in poverty — and the women in socioeconomic classes in between — all agree on what a healthy diet for their children should be.Read Keep Reading >>
Here is another article from class looking at the comparison of food neophobia and picky eating- research was looking at typically developing children. There is a lot of work to be done looking at these issues in children with special needs or developmental delay. Read if interested...Food neophobia and Picky eatingFood neophobia and picky eating are frequently reported to coexist in children Keep Reading >>