Picky Eaters Have Extra Helpings of Anxiety, Depression Kids' selective eating may point to greater problems

"This finding highlights the importance of clinicians looking at selective eating as perhaps not an acute problem that will go away on its own as the child gets older but a condition that should be intervened on and monitored for progress over time," she told MedPage Today via e-mail. "As a clinician, I will be more apt to screen for selective eating behaviors in those patients with a diagnosis of anxiety and depression." http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/EatingDisorders/52894?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-08-04&eun=g721819d0r