Selective Eating
Selective eating (SE) is a condition present since earliest childhood where a child eats only a very narrow range of foods and refuses all others and yet where his or…
Selective eating (SE) is a condition present since earliest childhood where a child eats only a very narrow range of foods and refuses all others and yet where his or…
1) Weight loss in children isn’t normal Imagine you’re a parent of a bright, active 12 year old boy. He gets good grades and has lots of friends. He excels…
Have you ever wondered what to tell your other children and family members about your child’s eating disorder? Have you ever wished you had a child friendly, succinct and upbeat…
This blog will be short as I am preparing to attend and speak at the F.E.A.S.T. conference in Texas this week. Very exciting! Recently I was asked to consult on…
Despite the fact that we occasionally receive criticism of our Meal Plan for its supposed “rigidity”, what has struck me after years of reading people’s food journals is the degree…
In my life as a pediatrician I have twice now had the astonishing, humbling and even joyous experience I am about to relate. Only twice. The first time was many…
I recently blogged on one of the childhood eating disorders (incidentally not yet recognized as such in the DSM system) called selective eating. I got a deluge of parental comment…
[Ed. Note: a more recent blog on this subject can be found here). There is a little talked-about pediatric eating disorder that I have not covered extensively in my blogs,…