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[quote=Anonymous]OP: does your daughter *want* to eat more vegetables? Is she feeling self-conscious because her friends comment that she doesn't and she just can't get past the taste or her aversions? Or is this about your concerns for her nutrition/eating habits?

I ask this because my daughter has a feeding disorder, which means I've had the chance to learn a LOT about what others see as "picky eating." The good news for you is that kids who have limited diets past toddlerhood generally start expanding and adding new foods once they hit the tween/teen years. Why? Because if you are physically more sensitive to the taste of certain foods, the only way to get past that is to be exposed repeatedly (this is why they tell you, when you're feeding a toddler, that you have to give them a food 10-15 times or more). But if you physically perceive a food as unappealing, you have ZERO motivation to try it over and over until you get used to it, and maybe even realize it's kind of good.

So where does that motivation come from? Peer pressure. Going to sleepovers, summer camp, school lunch, birthday parties, etc, where others are eating those foods and *not* eating them will make you look weird or immature. So you grin and bear it, choke it down, and sometimes you discover it's actually not that bad. Poof! New foods--maybe even vegetables.

For all of us, but especially tweens, where does motivation *not* come from? What someone else wants us to do, or what someone else wants for us.

Keep serving vegetables, sans comment, at meals if you enjoy them. Make sure your daughter takes a  multivitamin. Believe that she can be trusted to become a healthy eater if she's _not_ pushed, as opposed to if you assume control of her diet and intake. You might be surprised what happens in the end. [/quote]

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