A child’s early adventurous eating increases the willingness to experiment with a wider range of less familiar foods as a young adult in a multicul- tural foodscape. Kids are not born reciting an alphabet; it takes time and practice to read and learn a new lan- guage. Similarly, it requires time and patient practice to establish a healthy foundation for eating. Have faith in the family’s ability to make eating together enjoyable for everyone.
Clancy Cash Harrison is a mother of two, pediatric feeding therapist, regis- tered dietitian and author of Feeding Baby: Simple Approaches to Raising a Healthy Baby and Creating a Lifetime of Nutritious Eating. Connect at
FieldsOfFlavor.com.
Kid Feeding Tips by Clancy Cash Harrison
n Holding off on fruits as a first food to prevent development of a sweet tooth is a myth. A sweet taste prefer- ence is engrained in an infant’s DNA (Annual Review of Nutrition; Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care).
n Restricting foods high in sugar and fat increases a child’s preference for them. Then, when sweets are made available, the child feels compelled to overeat them (Appetite; The Amer- ican Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Proceedings of the Nutrition Society).
n Most children will refuse a new food and by age 2, become afraid of any- thing new. Therefore, introduce a large variety of foods early in life (Appetite; International Journal of Obesity).
n Infants and children can regu- late calorie needs based on current growth patterns and age. Some days an infant will eat large amounts of food, on others very little.
n Pressuring a child to eat is a behav- ior associated with unhealthy eating habits. Not only does it set them up for long-term food aversions, it teaches them to distrust their internal feelings of hunger and fullness, often leading to a habit of overeating.
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