Food-chaining - a treatment for food aversion and picky eaters?

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Submitted by Kitty on Mon, 10/05/2009 - 19:46.

Hi
I have been researching treatments for food aversions (my 2 sons have this problem) and came across a treatment called ' Food-Chaining' which sounds really interesting.

This is just a summary:

Food chaining involves a therapist analysing a childs food repetoire to see what similarities in taste and texture exist. They look at what kinds of foods are regularly rejected. Having looked at the childs 'core diet' they then link these foods to other very similar foods taste/texture foods and slowly try to expand the number of accepted foods. The idea is that a child is more likely to accept a food if it's selected on the childs own preferences. Food chains have to be individually designed and some therapists create 'calendars' for families to introduce the changes very slowly.

I found a really good article that you may like to read:

http://www.empoweredparents.com/pickyeating/pickyeating7.htm

Hope this helps someone.

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