ReviewNutrients2017
Early Taste Experiences and Later Food Choices.
Review in Nutrients, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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119 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 282 citations in OpenAlex.
- Associations of breastfeeding with maternal and child health outcomes: umbrella review.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD NEOPHOBIA IN CHILDREN: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2020Pooled it
- An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews on Food Choice and Nutrition Published between 2017 and-2019.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Acceptability and Satisfaction of Eat My ABCs: A Mindful Eating Program for Preschoolers in Low-Income Families.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Association Between Diet Patterns of Human Infants and Growth Differs Across Randomized Formula Groups in the First 18.5 Months.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Longitudinal Trajectories of Dietary Fibre Intake and Its Determinants in Early Childhood: Results from the Melbourne InFANT Program.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Ecological factors and childhood eating behaviours at 5 years of age: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Trial
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- The GReat-Child TrialNutrients · 2020Trial
- Nutrition Education Intervention Increases Fish Consumption among School Children in Indonesia: Results from Behavioral Based Randomized Control Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Are Sugar-Reduced and Whole Grain Infant Cereals Sensorially Accepted at Weaning? A Randomized Controlled Cross-Over Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- Exposure to a slightly sweet lipid-based nutrient supplement during early life does not increase the level of sweet taste most preferred among 4- to 6-year-old Ghanaian children: follow-up of a randomized controlled trial.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2019Trial
- Parents' and Children's Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Traditional and Novel Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: A Scoping Review.Nutrition reviews · 2026Article
- The Diagnostic Elimination Diet and Challenge Protocol for Management of Patients with Food Intolerance-Purpose and Development.Nutrients · 2026Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundNutrition in early life is increasingly considered to be an important factor influencing later health. Food preferences are formed in infancy, are tracked into childhood and beyond, and complementary feeding practices are crucial to prevent obesity later in life.
methodsThrough a literature search strategy, we have investigated the role of breastfeeding, of complementary feeding, and the parental and sociocultural factors which contribute to set food preferences early in life.
resultsChildren are predisposed to prefer high-energy, -sugar, and -salt foods, and in pre-school age to reject new foods (food neophobia). While genetically determined individual differences exist, repeated offering of foods can modify innate preferences.
conclusionsStarting in the prenatal period, a varied exposure through amniotic fluid and repeated experiences with novel flavors during breastfeeding and complementary feeding increase children's willingness to try new foods within a positive social environment.
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