Eating Disorder? Or just stubbornness?

[ilovetolive]

No, she doesn't appear to be body conscious. She is very thin, but tall for her size, so she must be getting enough calcium (her parents give her orange juice with calcium) Her older sister will try anything and doesn't have any eating issues. Her parents admit that she won't try new foods. I think her parents have given up on getting her to try foods. Her mom told me that the only thing she will eat at xmas/thanksgiving/easter dinners is a plain bun and nothing else. They rarely eat out because their daughter won't eat anything at the restaurants except bread.

[sunnydays]

This is crazy! If I were them I would leave her at home with a babysitter and go out to eat without her. Why should the entire family suffer because of her pickyness? This child is running the entire family! The parents need to take charge and stop catering to this kind of ridiculous behaviour! Stop serving her the things she likes and allowing her to fill up on juice and bread. Serve healthy foods only and if she eats she eats, if not she goes to bed hungry. Guaranteed she will not starve to death. Once she realizes she isn't going to be offered an alternative, she will start eating what is offered. No coaxing, threatening, rewarding, punishing for eating. Simply do not offer alternatives. This child is going to end up with a serious illness like diabetes or nutiritional deficiencies and it will be her parents' fault for letting her decide what she eats.

No, she doesn't appear to be body conscious. She is very thin, but tall for her size, so she must be getting enough calcium (her parents give her orange juice with calcium) Her older sister will try anything and doesn't have any eating issues. Her parents admit that she won't try new foods. I think her parents have given up on getting her to try foods. Her mom told me that the only thing she will eat at xmas/thanksgiving/easter dinners is a plain bun and nothing else. They rarely eat out because their daughter won't eat anything at the restaurants except bread.