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Thursday, September 29, 2011

If Your Kids Don't Want to Eat, Don't Sweat It

Kiss the clean-plate club goodbye. Not only is it bad form, in light of rising childhood obesity rates, to nag your kids to finish their food, but new research shows it's also bound to backfire and create the dreaded Picky Eater.


Researchers in the United Kingdom asked 104 British mothers of children ages 3 to 6 about how they interacted with their kids about food. They found that moms with fussy, slow or problem eaters tended to be those who hounded their kids more to eat — hardly a prudent move.


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