What is Food Chaining?

Food chaining is an individualized home-based feeding program designed to expand food repertoire by emphasizing similar features between accepted foods and targeted food items

  • Start with a child’s preferred/accepted food

  • Observe that food’s characteristics: color, texture, temperature, shape

  • Find foods that are similar to those characteristics to try to move towards

Food Chaining Chart:

Food Chaining Exercise:

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