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Yara Shimshoni

Clinical psychologist and Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale School of Medicine specializing in child anxiety, OCD, and ARFID treatment research.

Jul 10, 2026

6:29
So you're saying it has this diagnosis if it's having a functional impact on their life.
6:35
Right, right.
6:35
Yeah.
6:36
So many, many kids start out as it's very normal to be a picky eater around age two or three.
6:43
That's where we see the peak of being a picky eater.
6:47
It's aligned with other developmental characteristics.
6:50
You're starting to grow some autonomy and you want to make decisions and you have preferences and you, there's like some repetitiveness and even some ritualized behavior in many areas and also with food.
9:19
So is that helpful or what is the best way to manage it if you've got a child like this?

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