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7 Proven Tricks to Get Picky Toddlers to Eat

Brittany DoohanPatricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH
Written by Brittany Doohan | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH
Updated on March 5, 2025
Featuring Dyan Hes, MD, Frances Largeman-Roth, RDN, Preeti Parikh, MDReviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH | March 5, 2025

Here are expert tips to get your picky toddler to try new foods and set them up to be a healthy eater for life, according to pediatricians and registered dietitians.

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Brittany Doohan
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Brittany Doohan
Brittany Doohan was the Content Director at HealthiNation and is currently the Editorial Director at Medscape. Through her work with Medscape, she won a Silver Telly Award in May 2022 for "Sleepless Nation: A Public Health Epidemic — Episode 2: A Decade Without a Diagnosis." She has worked in health journalism and video production for more than 8 years, and loves the challenge of explaining complex topics in an easy-to-understand and creative way.
Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH, is a medical editor at GoodRx. She is a licensed, board-certified pediatrician with more than a decade of experience in academic medicine.

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