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New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
I thought this was interesting, especially for those of you with picky eaters.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
I completely believe that. My 9 year old is a picky eater - and I do believe it's a disorder.
I've spoken to a nutritionist & it's this year's goal to get him to eat another vegetable other than broccoli.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
My uncle only eats a few foods, and this article completely describes him. He likes salty foods, like the article suggests, french fries, hot dogs, pizza, but doesn't eat much, I could probably name all the foods and it probably is about 10 items or less.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Thank you for posting this article. I know someone who is a very picky eater, and she now still has eating disorders as an adult and it really affects her social and family life.
Its something her parents didn't know how to handle and when she was loosing too much weight as a toddler gave in to feeding her chocolate cake and ice cream every day. She was always on the lower end of weight charts until she hit puberty, then it all spiraled out of control. After numerous gasto surgeries and diets, she's still suffering tremendously. But something about those gastro surgeries also opened up her palate to some more variety in food. So she's doing a little better now.
So much more research needs to be done on this, imo. Its too easy to find the bad food, when your kids don't want to eat the good food. Even at 8m, I've given into puffs as a meal and I hated myself for it. I am really fearful of raising a picky eater. I hope I wont have to deal with that. Its my biggest fear as a mom.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Oh lord.....does everything need to be a "disorder" now, honestly. Im an EXTREMELY picky eater, as is my DS. I do not consider myself to have a disorder.....Im just a pain in the arse and picky about what I eat. Different people have different food preferences, mine lean towards the limited sort.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by eddiesmommy
Oh lord.....does everything need to be a "disorder" now, honestly. Im an EXTREMELY picky eater, as is my DS. I do not consider myself to have a disorder.....Im just a pain in the pain in the arse and picky about what I eat. Different people have different food preferences, but lean towards the limited sort.
ITA.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by eddiesmommy
Oh lord.....does everything need to be a "disorder" now, honestly. Im an EXTREMELY picky eater, as is my DS. I do not consider myself to have a disorder.....Im just a pain in the arse and picky about what I eat. Different people have different food preferences, mine lean towards the limited sort.
Speaking from personal experience, I do think picky eating can become an eating disorder. Sure toddlerhood has its challenges & not every kid has it. I was a picky eater myself but NOTHING was to the level of what I've seen with my own kid.
I've seen my child in hysterics over eating a bean. I'm talking about crying, gagging & then actually throwing up when it was in his mouth. It is more than being a picky eater. It is FEAR. THAT is a disorder. He is afraid to eat many, many foods and I can assure you that it is heartbreaking to see & to deal with.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by nrthshgrl
I've seen my child in hysterics over eating a bean. I'm talking about crying, gagging & then actually throwing up when it was in his mouth. It is more than being a picky eater. It is FEAR. THAT is a disorder. He is afraid to eat many, many foods and I can assure you that it is heartbreaking to see & to deal with.
I totally agree. Some kids are just picky - refusing to try new things, liking the same thing - it's routine and comfortable. Other children have severe anxiety and physical adversion to tastes & textures. My nephew once sat at my table and sniffed, broke apart, licked, bit then gagged and threw up one kernel of corn. It's the same story for almost any food not on his 'list' (the list is about 7 items). That is a disorder.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Right but having a aversion to certain textures is already classified as a sensory issue. Plus this article was talking about adults.
Im extrodinarily picky, I will ONLY eat white meat chicken and even then I spend an hour cutting apart the piece of white meat getting rid of parts that I wont eat...I will only eat beef if its ground and cooked at home, I do not eat any other meat, any seafood. I do not eat foods with a mushy texture, I do not eat sweet potatoes bc Im disturbed by their color, I could on.
I do not have a disorder, Im a pain in the @ss.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Thanks for posting it. I've often wondered what made my child such a picky eater, did we do something wrong, etc. It sounds as if we missed the window for introducing new foods (up until 2 years) because he really couldn't manage a lot of table foods until he was almost 2. Gagging, choking, vomiting, etc.
It's so hard to watch your child go through this and yes, seem afraid of new food. I am hoping he will grow out of it in time.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
For anyone dealing with this, I highly suggest looking up info on Food Chaining. We're still working on it, but it was very helpful to us.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
This is my DD. I definately think it is a disorder. We have been to countless medical professionals and are still dealing with it.
She eats such a limited number of foods that she suffers migraines from not eating. I have also seen her choke, gag and vomit over certain foods.
When DH and DS eat oatmeal, she has to leave the table.
Picky? No, this is a real problem.
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Posted by eddiesmommy
Right but having a aversion to certain textures is already classified as a sensory issue. Plus this article was talking about adults.
Im extrodinarily picky, I will ONLY eat white meat chicken and even then I spend an hour cutting apart the piece of white meat getting rid of parts that I wont eat...I will only eat beef if its ground and cooked at home, I do not eat any other meat, any seafood. I do not eat foods with a mushy texture, I do not eat sweet potatoes bc Im disturbed by their color, I could on.
I do not have a disorder, Im a pain in the @ss.
OMG I only eat white meat chicken ( and very picky about it) and ground beef too. I can't believe there is someone else who eats like me!
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
I think like any "disorder" there is a realm of normal behavior and then a point where it goes into something "other".
I cannot imagine what that is like to deal with. I know I cried so often and even now I am weird about food.
It's not that hard for me to believe that there are people who had a much bigger issue than I did.
I hope this new research and new attention to it provides some relief.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by eddiesmommy
Right but having a aversion to certain textures is already classified as a sensory issue. Plus this article was talking about adults.
Im extrodinarily picky, I will ONLY eat white meat chicken and even then I spend an hour cutting apart the piece of white meat getting rid of parts that I wont eat...I will only eat beef if its ground and cooked at home, I do not eat any other meat, any seafood. I do not eat foods with a mushy texture, I do not eat sweet potatoes bc Im disturbed by their color, I could on.
I do not have a disorder, Im a pain in the @ss.
I agree! I was really really picky until probably 20 years old. I wouldnt eat Chinese food, I wouldnt eat any veggies except corn and green beans, Still wont eat anything too mushy makes me gag, this is the first year I have gone near sweet potatoes (also due to color), would only eat link sausage not the spiral kid, etc I had limited tastes, but it was me being a pain. I didnt want to try anything and would just tell people oh I dont like that!.
My DH helped me get over some of that, but I still am pretty picky!
I think there are some kids who probably do have a "disorder" but I also think that as a society we are so quick to put a label on what is "wrong". Not everything has to have a medical label IMO.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Really?? There's now a 'disorder' for a picky eater? I thought that was like 90% of kids !!! ???
Next there's going to be a disorder for 2 year olds that throw a temper tantrum 
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by MarisaK
Really?? There's now a 'disorder' for a picky eater? I thought that was like 90% of kids !!! ???
Next there's going to be a disorder for 2 year olds that throw a temper tantrum
Most kids are picky to some extent, but I think some go beyond the realm of average pickiness.
I know I've talked to other Moms about this, and might say "DS doesn't eat veggies." Then they'll agree and say their kids don't either, but if we talk some more, I find out their kids eat some veggies some of the time. Mine has not had a veggie pass his lips in well over a year. He also refuses to try any new food, won't even taste it.
Same can be true of tantrums. Most kids of a certain age have them, but some have extreme or very frequent tantrums. I think it comes down a question of is the behavior ongoing or temporary, and does it impact the life of the person and others around them. Sounds like the adults in this article have problems because of their picky eating.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
I have seen this with my nephew. The extent of his food issues go way beyond "pickiness" in my opinion.
It is beyond frustrating and I pray that this is not something I encounter with my son.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
I think picky eating as a child is pretty common and most will grow up to lead normal healthy lives but this article is talking about extreme rare cases. I don't even think these people should be in the same classification as a typical picky eater.
I was an extremely picky eater as a child as was my husband and big shock so is my child. Yes both me and my husband still have foods that we wouldn't touch with a 10ft pole but I'm way beyond just eating hot dogs and pizza now that I'm in my 30's. I'm not going to spend sleepless nights thinking my child will grow up only eating what she does now. I can only continue to offer her new foods and hope that one day she'll eat them.
Bottom line I think there's picky eating and then there is this disorder. I don't believe they go hand in hand.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by eddiesmommy
Right but having a aversion to certain textures is already classified as a sensory issue. Plus this article was talking about adults.
Im extrodinarily picky, I will ONLY eat white meat chicken and even then I spend an hour cutting apart the piece of white meat getting rid of parts that I wont eat...I will only eat beef if its ground and cooked at home, I do not eat any other meat, any seafood. I do not eat foods with a mushy texture, I do not eat sweet potatoes bc Im disturbed by their color, I could on.
I do not have a disorder, Im a pain in the @ss.
I agree! I was really really picky until probably 20 years old. I wouldnt eat Chinese food, I wouldnt eat any veggies except corn and green beans, Still wont eat anything too mushy makes me gag, this is the first year I have gone near sweet potatoes (also due to color), would only eat link sausage not the spiral kid, etc I had limited tastes, but it was me being a pain. I didnt want to try anything and would just tell people oh I dont like that!.
My DH helped me get over some of that, but I still am pretty picky!
I think there are some kids who probably do have a "disorder" but I also think that as a society we are so quick to put a label on what is "wrong". Not everything has to have a medical label IMO.
HAHA, I ONLY eat sausage in spiral form (and patties), and NOT link form. Thats really funny.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
no one is pooh poohing anything. This article was about adults, and I was addressing the article. No one said, that you dont have an actual issue or valid eating problems, no one is saying its all in your head or dont exist or isnt a big deal.....just that we dont feel everything outside of normal, even extremely outside of nomal needs to have a label, have a name, be a disorder. Some things just are.
From the description in the article they are talking about someone EXACTLY LIKE ME and I still dont think its a "disorder", I just have extreme preferences. So, at least for me, I cant be disregarding anyones personal issues bc its about ME, the article is actually about someone just.like.me. It doesnt get more personal than that.
As an adult I STILL gag on certain textures...yogurt and ricotta cheese just to name a few. I still dont think I have a disorder, I think I just dont like certain textures.
My son eats about 5 foods - literally....none of which is a vegetable. Getting him to eat anything is a NIGHTMARE every single day, every single meal. He eats waffles, apples, grilled cheese, chicken and hot dogs, thats about it. So I get having a horrid eater......I still dont think everything needs to be labeled a medical disorder.....I think its just how some people are. I dont think just bc someone has an extreme, out of the norm behavior, like being a notoriously picky eater, they need to be classified with a disorder.
And if goes beyond a picky eater for your son, then thats not what this thread or the article in it was about, it was addressing extreme preferences in adults, which is all I addressed.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
I haven't read the article yet but I def think Rylan has some sort of eating disorder.
He will ONLY eat...
Definites...
-bread
-cereal
-waffles & pancakes
-pizza(only from a pizza place)
-crackers...cookies...chips...cake and chocolate.
Every once in a while he will eat plain pasta but it depends on the shape.
He eats absolutely NO fruits...veggies or meats. NONE...has never had them. He won't even try anything not listed above. Won't even touch it with his finger.
There's picky eaters and then there's kids who refuse just about everything. That I think is a huge problem.
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
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Posted by nrthshgrl
Am I the only one that is getting aggravated at the responses pooh-poohing a serious issue that I'm having with my kid?
no one is pooh poohing anything. This article was about adults, and I was addressing the article. No one said, that you dont have an actual issue or valid eating problems, no one is saying its all in your head or dont exist or isnt a big deal.....just that we dont feel everything outside of normal, even extremely outside of nomal needs to have a label, have a name, be a disorder. Some things just are.
From the description in the article they are talking about someone EXACTLY LIKE ME and I still dont think its a "disorder", I just have extreme preferences. So, at least for me, I cant be disregarding anyones personal issues bc its about ME, the article is actually about someone just.like.me. It doesnt get more personal than that.
As an adult I STILL gag on certain textures...yogurt and ricotta cheese just to name a few. I still dont think I have a disorder, I think I just dont like certain textures.
My son eats about 5 foods - literally....none of which is a vegetable. Getting him to eat anything is a NIGHTMARE every single day, every single meal. He eats waffles, apples, grilled cheese, chicken and hot dogs, thats about it. So I get having a horrid eater......I still dont think everything needs to be labeled a medical disorder.....I think its just how some people are. I dont think just bc someone has an extreme, out of the norm behavior, like being a notoriously picky eater, they need to be classified with a disorder.
And if goes beyond a picky eater for your son, then thats not what this thread or the article in it was about, it was addressing extreme preferences in adults, which is all I addressed.
I happen to disagree with you. I think that when something is so extreme outside the normal realm then that IS a disorder. My uncle is exactly like this article. He only eats, pizza, french fries, spaghetti with sauce, hot dogs, salad (and only just recently and only iceberg lettuce), bacon, and eggs. THAT IS IT! He doesn't eat anything else. Literally DOES NOT EAT anything besides those seven things. I think that classifies as a disorder. He was thrilled when he read this article since it pertained to him and explained why he physically can not make himself eat anything else. My mother remembers him as a child sitting at the kitchen table for two days trying to choke down a piece of chicken because my grandfather was fed up with his picky eating. He couldn't get it down. I don't think it is a matter of preference for him, I really don't. SO maybe for you it is, but I do think that for some there is a disorder where they can not try new foods, not because they just don't want to. Also, if you read the article it discusses how the people who have this disorder tend to want salty foods, and if you look at the list of foods that my uncle eats, it fits to a T!
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Re: New research suggests picky eaters could suffer from a "selective eating disorder"
Posted by babydreams
I happen to disagree with you. I think that when something is so extreme outside the normal realm then that IS a disorder. My uncle is exactly like this article. He only eats, pizza, french fries, spaghetti with sauce, hot dogs, salad (and only just recently and only iceberg lettuce), bacon, and eggs. THAT IS IT! He doesn't eat anything else. Literally DOES NOT EAT anything besides those seven things. I think that classifies as a disorder. He was thrilled when he read this article since it pertained to him and explained why he physically can not make himself eat anything else. My mother remembers him as a child sitting at the kitchen table for two days trying to choke down a piece of chicken because my grandfather was fed up with his picky eating. He couldn't get it down. I don't think it is a matter of preference for him, I really don't. SO maybe for you it is, but I do think that for some there is a disorder where they can not try new foods, not because they just don't want to. Also, if you read the article it discusses how the people who have this disorder tend to want salty foods, and if you look at the list of foods that my uncle eats, it fits to a T!
As I said, the article describes me to the last detail....but thank you for disagreeing with how I view myself 
There are foods I just cannot swallow, I could sit for hours (and as a child had) and then gagged all the way through one bite. Just a few years ago, I tried a crab cake while out to dinner with a girlfriend and literally couldnt get it down and violently gagged on it, that I actually had to excuse myself to spit it out. It wasnt bc I just didnt like it, I physically could not get passed the properties of it and couldnt swallow it if I wanted too bc I in fact didnt even mind the taste of it. There is maybe 25 foods I will eat...DH makes me chicken or pasta for dinner every night bc its all I will eat.
Despite all of this, I still dont think I have a disorder. Im not saying its normal, I just dont think everything needs to have a name and be a "disorder".
My DH and family frequently joke that I have the eating habits of a toddler.
I find it odd you would argue with me over firsthand experience with my own habits and how I view MY OWN habits. Next time I want to have an opinion on myself, Ill be sure to run it by you.
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