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Ari and Athena Flicek at the Feeding Matters headquarters in Phoenix    For many families, the holidays are a time to gather around good food, often celebrating with elaborate feasts or even gifting a loved one their favorite snack. For others, food-centric festivities can be difficult. For children with pediatric feeding disorder (PFD), the act of eating is an agonizing physical and emotional experience that can lead to refusal to eat and, ultimately, malnutrition and...

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In the United States, 1 in 37 children is affected by a feeding disorder. Though it’s not as well-known as other conditions, pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) has just as much of an impact. One Phoenix-based organization aims to raise awareness about this invisible illness, giving parents and pediatricians the tools they need to diagnose and treat PFD. Feeding Matters is the first organization in the world that serves kids and their families with feeding disorders,...