For some children, faddy eating means refusing all types of fruit and vegetables. Others want the same food at every meal, or insist on food of a certain colour.
‘Most pre-school children will, at some time, experience some problems over eating,’ explains Claudine Fox, co-author of a Royal College of Psychiatrists publication aimed at helping parents, called Eating Problems in Children (Gaskell).
‘Some may only eat a small number of different foods or eat very little or sometimes refuse to eat ...
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