Comments on "Kids Who Are Picky Eaters"

Kids are fussy eaters? Undeniable, most of the kids nowadays are being fussy. Normally, children may become fussy eaters around the age of 18-24 months. That is how most of the parents worry about because friends, teacher and even government are keeping telling them not to be fussy eaters. It will cause some of the nutrition will not be digest by our body.

So what can we do? Should parents do something to encourage children for this situation? Let’s read the quote form Professor Benton, “It’s a survival mechanism. Once children start walking, neophobioa discourages them from eating foods which may be poisonous. It doesn’t mean that your child is a poor eater. Thankfully it’s something that most children grow out of with time, but it is a big problem for parents trying to get children to try and accept new foods” We can see that there are disadvantages as if parents force their child to eat some kind of food. But still we have to do something to against these problems. We try new way, not force.

There are ways pointed out from Professor Benton.
1. The emotional atmosphere at mealtimes is important. Don’t use meal times as an opportunity to chastise and don’t let a child’s failure to eat cause unpleasantness.

2. Keep trying new foods. Repeated exposures to initially disliked foods can breakdown resistance.

3. Don’t restrict access to particular foods.

4. Don’t use high energy foods as rewards and treats for eating their greens.

I think they are some ways to improve the situation. I have to do something instead of sacred by the sentence “It’s not your cooking, it’s your genes,” from The New York Times. We are not going to be waiting but work it out.
Source from
http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/medicine_health/report-66103.html