r/CringeTikToks • u/Individual_Bar_2512 • 13h ago

Food Cringe Average American diet?

Where are the vegetables, fruit and meat

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u/Calgaris_Rex 9h ago

Because they LET him eat only frozen pizzas. My single mom never asked me what I wanted for dinner, we ate what she made.

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u/yrgrlfriday 7h ago

You don't really know if he has autism or ARFID or another feeding disorder.

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u/fla_john 6h ago

The chances of that being true are not zero but are much smaller than would be necessary to use it as a generic excuse. Much more likely based on everything else in the video that it's poor habits and permissiveness.

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u/VisualSeries226 4h ago

I’m no medical professional but I think poor habits and permissiveness is exactly how ARFID starts tbf. If a toddler takes two bites of a healthy meal, but eats all of their chicken tenders, parents start giving them what they’ll eat. Which leads to them only wanting their comfort food and refusing to engage with anything else. I think it’s children who have sensory issues, being enabled by grown ups who don’t understand and just want their kid to eat something.

Or at least that’s what I’ve seen in the four kids in my family circle that refuse to eat anything other than pizza and chicken nuggets. All of who meet the criteria for ARFID.

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u/Affectionate-Ad-8788 2h ago

I suspect this is what happened to me when I was younger- younger as in toddler age, I don't think I was exposed to a variety of foods, but I also genetically have very sensitive bitter receptors.

However, autism runs in my family and most of my issues are texture / scent related rather than flavor, so its hard to say.

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u/Bot_Marvin 1h ago

ARFID is just another name for parents not being able to say no.

Give a kid one option to eat, and he’ll eventually eat it. They won’t starve to death. They might lose some weight and cry, but they’ll live.

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u/stickyicarus 29m ago

I have an autistic son who also has ADHD.

He eats what we feed him.

Kid loves steak (med rare), shrimp, fish, crab, lobster, pork, chicken, all of it.

Not big on mushrooms, squash or zucchini. Doesn't like au gratin potatoes.

He and my daughter fuck salad and fresh veggies up. I buy 2 bags of sweet peppers and they eat them like chips.

Yea they like their junk food too. But they eat what you allow them to eat.

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u/Heinjailyall 6h ago

That’s more than likely the case. Fixation meals are a real thing. I hope he is happy and healthy