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BetterBites®

Your child isn’t eating well and you’re concerned about their health – You’re in exactly the right place.

Introducing the New BetterBites programs designed to transform your child’s eating.

ARFID

Picky Eating

Nutrition Problems

About BetterBites®

Our app-based programs teach parents what’s actually driving their child’s eating and walks them through what to do to see improvements.

BetterBites brings families…

Calmer Mealtimes: Reduce the anxiety, battles, and tears that make every meal a challenge. Build a peaceful food environment at home.

Better Eating: Learn to help your child try new foods, eat more foods, and improve their diet.

Confident, Empowered Parenting: Walk away from each lesson knowing exactly what to do to move towards lasting, positive change.

The research-backed paths to better eating

Treatment for ARFID & Extreme Picky Eating

A FSA/HSA eligible, 3-12 month program

This is for you if your child has:

  • an ARFID diagnosis or suspected diagnosis,
  • extreme picky eating that affects daily life,
  • a spot on a therapy waitlist, or is currently in therapy,
  • A family history of neurodivergence, OR
  • a PSA-Eat result noting indicators of ARFID or extreme picky eating.

Prevention for ARFID & Extreme Picky Eating

A FSA/HSA eligible, 12 week program

This is for you if:

  • your child has a PSA-Eat result noting risk factors for extreme picky eating or ARFID,
  • your child is eating fewer foods than they did before,
  • mealtimes are stressful more often than not,
  • there is family history of eating difficulties or extreme picky eating, OR
  • your child is neurodivergent or has sensory sensitivities around food.

Nutrition Improvement for Health

A FSA/HSA eligible, 12 week program

This is for you if your child has:

  • has a PSA-Eat result with no risk factors for ARFID or extreme picky eating, AND one of the following:
  • a health concern affected by diet (e.g. constipation, low iron, high cholesterol).
  • a nutritionally inadequate diet due to selective eating.
  • an imbalanced diet – snack/dessert-type foods are crowding out other foods.
  • a diet low in fruits, veggies, or a wide variety of protein foods.

Assess Your Child’s Picky Eating

The BetterBites® Experience

  • 2-3 minute lessons: Read or listen to new micro lessons 5 days a week.
  • Private parent community: Connect with other parents who truly get it in our private community forum.
  • Access to specialists: Get all your questions answered – technical questions are answered by dietitians, occupational therapists, or other specialists.
  • Supplementary lessons: Unlock workshops on constipation and cooking for weight gain at key completion milestones.
  • Practical tools: Effective scripts, templates, and activities to help you implement every lesson with confidence

Each program teaches you to improve your child’s eating by developing their skills in:

  • Sensory Processing
  • Anxiety Management
  • Cognitive-Motivational Beliefs
  • Executive Function
  • Parent-Child Feeding Dynamics

What You Can Expect

Every program is specialized because every child is different. Whether your child is navigating a clinical eating disorder, showing risk factors for serious picky eating, or needs a wider, more nourishing diet to address their health concerns, BetterBites programs are designed to meet your family where they are at.

BetterBites® Treatment

BetterBites® Prevention

BetterBites® Nutrition

Length of Program

3-12 Months

12 Weeks

12 Weeks

Daily programming delivered digitally

Private parent community & access to specialists

FSA/HSA Eligible

Treating ARFID & extreme picky eating

Preventing ARFID & extreme picky eating for kids with risk factors

Improving diet to resolve or prevent health issues

Real Families, Real Results

Anxiety has decreased for both of us. He’s happier at and sitting at the table again.

“[In the first week] Anxiety has decreased for both of us. He’s happier at and sitting at the table again. Positive meal experiences. He’s even been trying new foods which is blowing my mind.”






I reassured him that it might be a little different but he could totally handle it.

“Testimonials are a social proof, a powerful way to inspire trHad a moment [in the first week] where my son was upset about the appearance of a safe food on his plate. I reassured him that it might be a little different but he could totally handle it. This worked surprisingly well to diffuse the fit he was throwing.



After a couple of weeks she…even initiated trying new things on her own!

My 9-year-old daughter with ARFID has always had a tough time with food, and I was getting increasingly frustrated with how little progress we seemed to make since her diagnosis at 6. But this program completely changed that for us. [It] is very easy to follow. It doesn’t feel like extra work, just simple steps incorporated slowly…After a couple of weeks, she started feeling more comfortable trying different foods and even initiated trying new things on her own!


Anxiety has decreased for both of us. He’s happier at and sitting at the table again.

“[In the first week] Anxiety has decreased for both of us. He’s happier at and sitting at the table again. Positive meal experiences. He’s even been trying new foods which is blowing my mind.”


I reassured him that it might be a little different but he could totally handle it.

“Testimonials are a social proof, a powerful way to inspire trHad a moment [in the first week] where my son was upset about the appearance of a safe food on his plate. I reassured him that it might be a little different but he could totally handle it. This worked surprisingly well to diffuse the fit he was throwing.


After a couple of weeks she…even initiated trying new things on her own!

My 9-year-old daughter with ARFID has always had a tough time with food, and I was getting increasingly frustrated with how little progress we seemed to make since her diagnosis at 6. But this program completely changed that for us. [It] is very easy to follow. It doesn’t feel like extra work, just simple steps incorporated slowly…After a couple of weeks, she started feeling more comfortable trying different foods and even initiated trying new things on her own!

Assess Your Child’s Picky Eating

The Pediatric Screener for ARFID and Extreme Picky Eating (PSA-Eat) is a quick picky eating test that tells you more about how serious your child’s picky eating is — so you’re not guessing. It was developed by a team of specialists across pediatrics, psychology, occupational therapy, nutrition, and eating disorder treatment.

Take the Free PSA-Eat

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BetterBites® was created by Jennifer Anderson, MSPH, RDN, founder of Kids Eat in Color

These programs use the latest research in child feeding, picky eating and ARFID and were developed in collaboration with advisors in:

  • Pediatric Medicine
  • Pediatric Occupational Therapy
  • Child Psychology
  • Eating Disorder Treatment
  • Child Development
  • Neuroscience

For Providers

BetterBites® programs were designed with clinical referral in mind.

Across the suite, they function as family behavioral interventions — structured, parent-delivered programs that support children’s eating and nutrition. They are appropriate as standalone support for families with limited access to specialist services, as a complement to ongoing therapy, or as a bridge for families on specialist waitlists.

The Pediatric Screener for ARFID and Extreme Picky Eating (PSA-Eat) helps providers support parents in identifying whether their child has indicators of ARFID or extreme picky eating. Parents can use the information to decide which program is the best fit for their child’s eating challenge.

Learn more about our collection of provider resources, including our accredited Continuing Education Workshop on ARFID.

See Provider Resources

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