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Behavioral and developmental problems in children can be caused due nutrient deficiencies, finicky eating habits and over-worked parents who give in to their unhealthy food cravings. Children as young as one year old can also have food sensitivities which may make them refuse some foods.

Parents can differentiate between a picky eater and a food sensitivity by the child's reaction during or after eating the food. Children may cry, grimace, hold their stomachs and show pain and discomfort by other body movements.

A food intolerance involves difficulty in digesting the sugar in a food and hence symptoms are primarily digestive ones: stomach cramps, bloating, gas, diarrhea, and occasionally vomiting. Some children may also have eczema like rashes due to a food sensitivity.