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    Good Food

    How to teach your children to eat

    Like walking and talking, eating is a developmental process. So what happens when your child can't or won't eat? Enter Dr. Mitchell Katz , director of the Children's Multidisciplinary Feeding Program at the Children's Hospital of Orange County. We asked him to walk us through how he teaches kids to eat.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Apr 8, 2016 • 1 min read

    Like walking and talking, eating is a developmental process. So what happens when your child can't or won't eat? Enter Dr. Mitchell Katz, director of the Children's Multidisciplinary Feeding Program at the Children's Hospital of Orange County. We asked him to walk us through how he teaches kids to eat.

    Music: "Cities in the Air 2" by Pepe Deluxé

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    Food & Family
    1. 0:30First Bite: Apple tarts à la Julia Child
    2. 21:59How to teach your children to eatYou’re reading this
    3. 33:32Here's what a couple of our favorite food fanatics serve their kids
    4. 41:46Jonathan Gold eats oodles of noodles and a dumpling or two at Miàn
    5. 47:48Fava bean ricotta toast
    6. 53:08Make mine a double
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    2 of 6
    Food & Family
    1. 0:30First Bite: Apple tarts à la Julia Child
    2. 21:59How to teach your children to eatYou’re reading this
    3. 33:32Here's what a couple of our favorite food fanatics serve their kids
    4. 41:46Jonathan Gold eats oodles of noodles and a dumpling or two at Miàn
    5. 47:48Fava bean ricotta toast
    6. 53:08Make mine a double
    Back to Good Food