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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son (12) doesn't really eat lunch. He has learning issues as well as anxiety, and his anxiety resulted in both picky eating and constipation when he was a small child. It all resulted in him just not being much of an eater. If it isn't really tasty, and he isn't really hungry, he'll just pass. He'd rather be a little hungry than deal with eating. This is all to say he doesn't usually eat much lunch. Sometimes he'll have a roll, or a piece of fruit. He'll usually have a some milk. He'll try something from the cafeteria line if it looks good. To compensate we do breakfast (a smoothie with lots of calories) when he wakes up and then offer something portable like some pieces of bacon as he walks out the door, and then he gets a snack when he gets home from school, dinner, and then dessert before bed. All told he gets enough. Good luck![/quote]

This is my son *exactly*!  If the food is not really interesting or he isn't that hungry or he is overstimulated, he just doesn't eat. I let him eat a lot of ice ream at home to pack on calories. [/quote]

This is the PP you quotes - yup, ice cream is a daily dish in our house (for him, at least - I have to stay away!). He also likes cheese sticks lately. You'd think he was a baby cow, the amount of dairy he eats. Yesterday when I asked him what was for lunch and he said rice and beans, and I asked him if he ate it and he made a face and said "yes, not too much but I was hungry so I ate it." Victory!!! They do get older and things do get a little better.[/quote]

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