thanks to the pilot s quick thinking. and mascot mayhem. why is this mascot being pinned down by the police? we have the details on the overzealous bearcat who got carted off by the cops. good morning, everyone. want to welcome ron back to the anchor seat. dan s on assignment. thank you very much. good to see you this sunday morning. it was a busy day in washington yesterday. the tax fight heads from the senate floor to a back room bar ending with a new year s deadline for a new deal closing in. but there s signs that a deal could possibly be in the works. bianna, do picky eaters drive you nuts? why are you looking at me? well, it might not be their fault. think about this. we ll tell you about new research that says they could have a form of eating disorder. but how do you know if your child is just stubborn? or if there s something else going on? we ll get into that coming up. a lot of parents want to watch that, as well. also, while a lot of us are doin
five-day program run by dr. nancy zucker. so it s not just like a simple fix like eat this, right? because you ve tried that. we re not just talking about i don t like my broccoli and i m not going to eat my peas. reporter: dr. zucker runs the center for eating disorders at duke where they re just starting to study food neophobia. can you take me inside the mind of a picky eater? my best guess would be where we would look at a plate of food and say, like, oh, look at this lovely food adventure. i wonder what this tastes like? they would look at a plate of food and be like, danger, danger. reporter: the first few days focus on the psychology behind erin s eating. testing her anxiety levels. they also evaluate her sense of smell and count her taste buds to see if she s hypersensitive. how do you lead them from eating five foods to eating a range of foods?
that spaghetti she s offered and the cherry tomato, she can barely keep them down. it s a nightly routine at the grahams. her food repertoire consists of about ten items. kids love pizza. not me. what about chicken nuggets? do you love chicken nuggets? no. hamburgers? no. hot dogs? no. no? reporter: for some with food neophobia, new foods make them physically ill. that s peanut butter and honey. reporter: for others it tastes bad. with erin, it s both. that s why her parents and erin are at wits end. they decide to take drastic measures. hello. i m nancy. nice to meet you. reporter: by enrolling her at duke university in an intensive
good evening. i m cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a rare condition doctors have diagnosed in some of the pickiest of eaters. children so choosy that no amount of coaxing will get them to venture behind a tiny selection of foods. this goes way beyond eat your carrots. in fact, the condition has a name, food neophobia. and its health risks have driven some parents to the drastic measure of enrolling kids in eating disorder clinics where the pie in the sky goal may be as simple as a slice of pizza. vicki mabrey has our report. i ll put a little bit of everything on your plate. no. how about some plain spaghetti? no. just pasta. no. reporter: this is what dinner looks like at the graham house in kansas city. here is your plate. yummy, yummy. looks good, huh? reporter: the family dives in. but 7-year-old erin s plate is almost empty. you gonna do it? reporter: what eric, her father, wants her to do is eat one half of a cherry tomato but erin won t
we ll get you out, kenny! and the google box what can the new google tv do? we have an exclusive report on the new technology that may change what people watch and how they watch it and this revolution will be televised. good evening. i m cynthia mcfadden. we begin tonight with a rare condition doctors have diagnosed in some of the pickiest of eaters. children so choosy that no amount of coaxing will get them to venture behind a tiny selection of foods. this goes way beyond eat your carrots. in fact, the condition has a name, food neophobia. and its health risks have driven some parents to the drastic measure of enrolling kids in eating disorder clinics where the pie in the sky goal may be as simple as a slice of pizza. vicki mabrey has our report. i ll put a little bit of everything on your plate. no. how about some plain spaghetti? no. just pasta. no. reporter: this is what dinner looks like at the graham house in kansas city. here is your plate. y