ReviewCurrent obesity reports2017
Understanding Food Fussiness and Its Implications for Food Choice, Health, Weight and Interventions in Young Children: The Impact of Professor Jane Wardle.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Post-Pandemic Shifts in Sustainable Food Behavior: A Systematic Review of Emerging Consumer Trends.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Childhood fussy/picky eating behaviours: a systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Genetic Background of Taste Perception, Taste Preferences, and Its Nutritional Implications: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in genetics · 2019Pooled it
- Ecological factors and childhood eating behaviours at 5 years of age: findings from the ROLO longitudinal birth cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2022Trial
- Replacing meat with alternative plant-based products (RE-MAP): a randomized controlled trial of a multicomponent behavioral intervention to reduce meat consumption.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Trial
- Picky eating in an obesity intervention for preschool-aged children - what role does it play, and does the measurement instrument matter?The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Trial
- Acceptability of locally-produced Ready-to-Use Supplementary Food (RUSF) for children under two years in Cambodia: A cluster randomised trial.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Trial
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- The association of baby-led weaning and picky eating in children aged 2-5 years.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2026Article
- Exploring occupational therapy practice with children who are picky eaters and their families.The British journal of occupational therapy · 2025Article
- Cortical thickness and childhood eating behaviors: differences according to sex and age, and relevance for eating disorders.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- Changes in Anxiety following Taste Education Intervention: Fussy Eating Children with and without Neurodevelopmental Disorders.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Behavioural susceptibility theory: the role of appetite in genetic susceptibility to obesity in early life.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Review
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- Factors associated with the early emergence of atypical feeding behaviours in infants and young children: A scoping review.Child: care, health and development · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on food habits and neophobia in children in the framework of the family context and parents' behaviors: A study in an Italian central region.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Parent, child, and environmental predictors of vegetable consumption in Italian, Polish, and British preschoolers.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThis review examines the concepts of fussy eating and food neophobia in the context of key determinants of the development of children's food preferences. We discuss the evidence for genetic versus parental and other environmental influences on the ontogeny of these behavioural traits and the implications of current knowledge for interventions that attempt to lessen the impact of these traits on children's diets. Finally, we consider whether these traits increase the risk of a child becoming obese, or alternatively, underweight and malnourished. RECENT
findingsFussy eating and neophobia are related concepts with both genetic and environmental aetiologies. Parent-child correlations and heritability estimates are moderate to high for both traits, but aspects of the family environment remain influential in young children, although no longer in young adults. Parental strategies based around repeat tasting opportunities can improve acceptance of disliked foods in even the fussiest children. Fussy eating and neophobia are not risk factors for obesity but could limit growth in severe cases. Fussy eating and food neophobia are common concerns for parents, though health risks are low. Dissemination of evidence-based strategies to parents that can encourage a more varied diet in young children would be helpful.
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