To wonder if people really say 'no' to this question?

[QueenSconetta]

HV at 30 month check just asked 'Does DD have a healthy diet?' .

Is anyone really going to answer 'No, I feed her chippies, chocolate and full fat iron bru every day'?

not really

I used to work with people after they'ld had heart attacks, every single one said they ate healthily, you had to ask SPECIFICALLY what do you eat at breakfast, what do you eat between breakfast and lunch, what do you eat a lunch time.. to find out about all the crap they ate!

I said not really to that question because DS was going through a very fussy phase which limited his diet a lot! but was told I was being silly by HV as the few things he was agreeing to eat at that stage was healthier than what a lot of people offer their normally kids anyway!

so probably the people who offer healthy food say no, and the people who offer crap say yes

i just say that she does have a relatively good diet ( because she does she loves fruit and veg)
but i also say that she has her fussy phases and there are some days when i give her junk just so that she has some thing in her. (shes 2)

I would have said 'he eats no fruit, no vegetables, and seems to exist on sausages, readybrek and yoghurts' IIRC.

It's an opening for people to talk about their childs diet and to discuss ways around faddy eating etc, isn't it.

What are chippies?

YANBU as people's idea of what is a healthy diet varies hugely.

She should have asked you what dd eats in a typical day.

Chippies is a general term for fish and chip shop food.

I don't feed her that btw.

Perhaps just a clumsy way of asking you what he actually eats, but it does invite defensiveness.

well yes... some people have very fussy eaters and may say "no, my child will only eat yoghurt"

YABU, if the parent had a concern about the child's diet, they would only eat bread, for example, this would be a cue for the parent to discuss it.

I'm not sure it's really meant as a 'yes - no' question.

Surely it's more of a leading question, inviting elaboration?

Surely if the parent had concerns due to a child only eating bread or whatever, they wouldn't wait for the HV to come around and ask this question?

I highly doubt anyone who was feeding a child crap would say no. Or even answer truthfully if asked what they tend to eat. But (hopefully) there are only a small percentage of parents who would be guilty of this.

I'm sure it is meant to be a leading question, but I just answered 'yes' and she moved on! How pointless! I am happy with what she eats (luckily she quite likes veg etc) but still

Like titfortat says you would hope if there were eating probs you wouldn't wait til the HV came for a routine check.

Sadly, some people might.

I probably answered no. Just being honest. Not that I would expect HV to offer any useful advice so wouldn't have reason to mention it (rarely saw HV after DC1 was 6 months old, anyway). DC4 would not touch any fruit & only one veg. The whole 5-a-day thing was hopeless. Very limited variety. Still fairly pants, even if his diet doesn't feature soda+crisps.