Caro, I didn't used to eat as a child. Apparently until age 4 I would eat nothing but bananas and my parents thought I was going to starve. I'm fine now (depending on who you ask LOL!).

When Jack was a fussy eater (well more so than now, Tom already eats more than Jack in terms of variety and quantity!) I was advised not to worry if he didn't eat and that fighting over food would make it worse. Of course he was younger than your DD, but have you tried just letting her not eat? It's hard to do believe me I know!

Chloe, I always thought that kids will eat what they need to. But I did see an interesting thing on tv the other day where they said that kids prefer sweet things as a kick back to the past when berries and things that tasted sour could kill them. So they have more taste buds than adults and this gives them a preference for sweet over savoury. Not sure how true it is, but it is an interesting theory.