ReviewThe Proceedings of the Nutrition Society2019
Picky eating in children: causes and consequences.
Review in The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 95 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Correlates of Feeding Difficulties Among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Pooled it
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- Oral Nutritional Supplementation Improves Growth in Children at Malnutrition Risk and with Picky Eating Behaviors.Nutrients · 2021Trial
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- Prevalence and biopsychosocial associations of functional constipation: a cross-sectional study among adults in Türkiye.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Exploring Changes in Parental Feeding Practices With Young Children Over Time and Their Influence on Young Children's Vegetable Consumption.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Psychopathology from childhood to adolescence in children with and without Mild Intellectual Disability (MID): a comparison across three MID operationalizations.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Development and initial validation of the Mindful Eating Behaviour Scale for children and parents.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Association Between Picky Eating and Stunting Among Ethnic Minority Children Aged 12-35 Months in a Mountainous Area of Northern Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Pathological Eating Patterns in Adults Displaying Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A Scoping Review.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Parental feeding attitudes and their associations with children's eating behaviors and nutritional intake in a clinical sample with feeding difficulties: a cross-sectional study.Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
- Development of Autism Mealtime Behavior Questionnaire for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
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- Effect of cow's milk protein allergy during infancy on eating behavior at 4 years of age: A cohort study.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2026Article
- The association of baby-led weaning and picky eating in children aged 2-5 years.Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition · 2026Article
- Strong feelings, small bites: investigating emotional undereating in children's picky eating and food neophobia within the family context.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- Correlates of Presence of Feeding Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Conditions.Nutrients · 2025Article
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Abstract
Picky eating is a common behaviour in early childhood. There is neither a universally accepted definition of picky eating, nor is there agreement on the best tool to identify it. Causes of picky eating include early feeding difficulties, late introduction of lumpy foods at weaning, pressure to eat and early choosiness, especially if the mother is worried by this; protective factors include the provision of fresh foods and eating the same meal as the child. The consequences for the child's diet include poor dietary variety and a possible distortion of nutrient intakes, with low intakes of iron and zinc (associated with low intakes of meat, and fruit and vegetables) being of particular concern. Low intakes of dietary fibre, as a result of low intakes of fruit and vegetables, are associated with constipation in picky eaters. There may be developmental difficulties in some children with persistent picky eating. There is little evidence, however, for a consistent effect of being a picky eater on growth trajectories. There may be a small subgroup of children in whom picky eating does not resolve who might be at risk of thinness during adolescence, or of developing an eating disorder or adult picky eating: these children need to be identified at an early age to enable support, monitoring and advice to be offered to parents. Strategies for avoiding or ameliorating picky eating include repeated exposures to unfamiliar foods, parental modelling of eating fruit and vegetables and unfamiliar foods, and the creation of positive social experiences around mealtimes.
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