How 'Nature and Nurture' Maybe Influencing Eating Behavior in Young Kids

How ‘Nature and Nurture’ Maybe Influencing Eating Behavior in Young Kids

3rd October, 2017

6 October 2017, Feeding, OT, Picky Eaters, School Psych, SLP

[Source: Medical X-Press]

For most preschool-age children, picky eating is just a normal part of growing up. But for others, behaviors such as insisting on only eating their favorite food item—think chicken nuggets at every meal—or refusing to try something new might lead to the risk of being over- or underweight, gastrointestinal distress, or other eating disorders later in childhood.

Parents and other caregivers often deem children as being “picky eaters” for a variety of reasons, but there is not a hard-fast definition in place for research. Nutrition and family studies researchers at the University of Illinois have collaborated for the last 10 years to understand the characteristics of picky eaters and to identify possible correlations of the behavior.

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