Poor Eaters: Helping Children Who Refuse To Eat [Paperback]

Joel Macht (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 13, 2002

Finally a comprehensive guide has arrived for frustrated parents who have trouble feeding their children. Dr. Macht, a respected educational psychologist, has originated strategies that have achieved remarkable results in getting children to eat right.Dr. Macht cuts to the root of the dilemma and emphasizes the relationship between a child's total family environment and his eating disorder. The individuality of each child is an important factor in assessing the most suitable approach for dealing with food refusal.This valuable book constitutes a major breakthrough for parents, physicians, and educators alike. It offers parents a hoped-for reprieve from the battle that often takes place at the kitchen table, But most of all, it will change the lives of countless children who will finally learn to appreciate and enjoy the benefits of healthy eating.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1st edition (September 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738208264
• ISBN-13: 978-0738208268
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #217,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Eaters. Helping children who refuse to eat, December 1, 2003

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This review is from: Poor Eaters: Helping Children Who Refuse To Eat (Paperback)

Very, very helpful. I've been having problems with my son's eating for 3,5 years and was thinking abour seeing a children's psychologist, but decided to give this book a try. I am glad I did because now my son eats peaches, eggs, meat, vegetables - and used to he would eat only pasta and rice. Dr.Macht has done a great job studying children with eating problems and finding the way to help them. This book not only helped my 4-year old, but it made me feel better because now eating is not a battle, it is time which the whole family enjoys.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Life Saver for Worried Parents and Underweight Children, October 10, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Poor Eaters (Hardcover)

I have struggled for eighteen months with the eating habits of my twenty month daughter. We have visited doctors, speech thearapists and dietitians without hearing anything that made any impact on our limited success with a child who appears to have no appetite and who spat out or vomited most solid food provided. At last this book has provided an upbeat approach which we have put into practice and benefited from positive results within days! I feel eternally indebted to the author for sharing his experiences.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Didn't work for us, October 17, 2005

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This review is from: Poor Eaters: Helping Children Who Refuse To Eat (Paperback)

My daughter is very limited in what she likes and she eats very small amounts. She's never refused to eat so I wondered if it would be the right book for us. I was looking for strategies to increase her diet variety besides the usual "try it over and over because it takes 15 tries". I have been down that road and I end up frustrated, and dd ends up still eating only cheerios and yoghurt. The book was a little difficult to follow, and as I suspected was not for our situation. I think if you have an extreme feeding situation with your baby or child, this may work for you. For less drastic situations, I liked Ellyn Satter's "How to get your child to eat..but not too much".