Development of Food Acceptance Patterns in Early Childhood
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GUIDELINES FOR PROMOTING HEALTHFUL EATING PATTERNS IN INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
- Assume responsibility for the foods offered.
- Offer an array of foods that will contribute to nutritional adequacy.
- Recognize that the child is unlikely to accept a new food until it has been offered
several times.
- Encourage the child to accept a variety of healthy foods in a non-coercive and
positive environment.
- Encourage conformity to cultural norms for meal frequency and intervals.
- Allow the child to control the size of meals.
- Avoid imposing contingencies or offering rewards for desired intake.
- Emphasize total dietary intake.
- Avoid characterizing foods as 'good' or 'bad'.
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