The problem of eating in children is alarming in both the developed and developing world. This communication intends to highlight the essential knowledge on eating to parents, carers and health professionals. The normal anatomy and physiological condition of a human child demands a gradually increasing amount and variety of food items for growth and development.
Infants, toddlers, and adolescents require learning food habituation in order to sustain and promote health, prevent diseases and develop food culture by appropriate eating. Healthy oral organ system, neuropsychological preparation, selection of varied food, empathic eating place, time interval between meals, colorful environment and positive eating culture are the vital principles of normal eating in children. Eating is a mechanical, physiological, biochemical, neurobehavioral, hormonal act in which one ingests food that is…
