Human Nutrition Library National Food Safety Database World Health Organization Picky Eaters Listen to the article Parents who consider their child a picky eater may be surprised to learn that by relaxing their rules they may actually ease the problem. In short, when parents offer their children a variety of healthy mealtime and snack choices and then allow their child to chose what and how much to eat, they can reduce their anxiety about their child's eating habits. The way to get a child to eat is not to try.
Normal eating is flexible.
It is eating a lot one day and very little the next. Most importantly, normal eating is listening to your body's signals so that you are able to eat when hungry and stop when satisfied. It is important to provide regular scheduled meals and snacks times. In other words resist letting your child have food available at their fingertips and at all times. Your child will feel secure knowing there will be food available at these scheduled times.