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Abstract
Feeding is one of many important ways that parents nurture their infants and children (Mehta et al., 2003). Feeding problems of childhood are common concerns encountered in pediatric practice (Manikam and Perman, 2000). A pediatric feeding disorder is identified when a child is unable or refuses to consume a sufficient volume or variety of food to maintain nutritional status, regardless of etiology (Pizza et al., 2003). Pediatric feeding disorders include pica (in which the child persistently eats non-nutritive substances for at least one month), picky and highly selective eating (e.g., child eats a limited variety of food), food refusal (e.g., child refuses to eat specific foods), struggle for control (e.g., frequent struggles with child about food) and abnormal behavior during eating; exceedingly slow eating, packing (holding accepted food in the mouth) and tantruming or having angry outbursts (Lewinsohn et al., 2005 & Patel et al., 2005).