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Preferencia por un solo alimento - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Renuencia a comer; Miedo a los alimentos nuevos

Definición:

La preferencia por un solo alimento (food jag ) se da cuando el niño únicamente come un alimento comida tras comida. Algunos otros comportamientos alimentarios comunes en la infancia que pueden causar alarma en muchos padres son, entre otros, el temor a los nuevos alimentos y el rechazo a comer lo que se sirve.

Funciones:

A veces, los hábitos de alimentación de los niños son una forma de sentirse independientes, lo cual únicamente marca el desarrollo normal en ellos.

Reviewed last on: 11/30/2009
David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine.

Referencias

Heird WC. The feeding of infants and children. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 42.

Kimmel SR, Ratliff-Schaub K. Growth and development. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 31.

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