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Article: Food Refusal.
- Article from:
- Pediatrics for Parents
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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Many parents become upset when their young child refuses to eat. Fortunately, most of the time the cause of this behavior is fairly straightforward and not a cause for concern.
The most common causes of food refusal include irregular meal times, putting too much food on the child's plate, letting the child snack as much as he wants between meals, overemphasis on eating including threats or punishment if the child's eating doesn't meet parental expectations, failure to properly reward the child for good eating habits, and using food for inappropriate bargaining.
Rarely is ...