Finding a genetic link to picky eating is like looking for the abominable snowman. Duke eating disorders specialist Doctor Nancy Zucker says up until now, little research has been done on adult picky eating. Now she, along with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, are launching the first national public registry for adult finicky eaters: [...]

A recent study from England found that many kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were picky eaters: consuming less vegetables and fruit than other children. ASD is a broad category, including diagnosis from Sensory Processing Disorder to Attention Deficit Disorder to Autism to Aspergers Disorder. Children with ASD are usually picky eaters, preferring the very [...]

Does your child have difficulty in a classroom setting? Is he/she constantly on the move? Does he/she have a short attention span? The food you are purchasing could be the problem. Today, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects 4.5 million U.S. children. About 2.5 million kids take medication for the condition, according to the Centers for [...]

I’m often asked by moms how to begin to improve their families’ diets. Just the other day, the question came up again. This time it was from a mom with a six-and-a-half year old daughter with ADHD. Having a child with ADD/ADHD, who is a picky eater, initially takes more work. You may have a child self-limiting the kinds of [...]

This is shocking! Our children are at risk for diseases we once thought to be reserved for adults. The number of U.S. children taking medications for chronic disease is growing. Researchers at Express Scripts, St. Louis University and Kansas Health Institute evaluated the use of drugs to treat hypertension, high cholesterol, Type 2 diabetes, depression, [...]

Three-year-old Danny regularly eats only a few foods. To make matters worse, he has great difficulty even touching most foods, especially food covered with a sauce. His mom began the Baby Bite Steps, outlined in my book, Baby Bites: Transforming a Picky Eater into a Healthy Eater. After only a few weeks with the Baby [...]

Thirty years ago, I was like most moms, I didn’t have clue as to what was in the food I was purchasing. Our family ate the Standard American Diet, which is S.A.D. My journey to whole foods began when Jenny, my third daughter, was diagnosed as hyperactive. Her pediatrician wanted to write a prescription at [...]