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ArticleNutrients2019

Diet at Age 10 and 13 Years in Children Identified as Picky Eaters at Age 3 Years and in Children Who Are Persistent Picky Eaters in A Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study.

Caroline M Taylor, Nicholas P Hays, Pauline M Emmett

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Article in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Do Children Who Were Preschool Picky Eaters Eat Different Foods at School Lunch When Aged 13 Years Than Their Non-Picky Peers?Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
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  14. The Lived Experiences of Fathers in Mealtimes: A Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Literature.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  18. Picky eating in children: causes and consequences.The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Caroline M TaylorCentre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1NU, UK. Caroline.m.taylor@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8347-5092
Nicholas P HaysNestlé Product Technology Center-Nutrition, La Tour-de-Peilz, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland. NicholasPaul.Hays@nestle.com.
Pauline M EmmettCentre for Academic Child Health, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1NU, UK. P.m.emmett@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1076-4779
University of Bristol · GBNestlé (Switzerland) · CH

Funding

Medical Research Council G9815508Medical Research Council MC_PC_19009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Picky eating has been associated with lower intakes of some nutrients and foods during preschool ages but there is little known about the longer-term diet. The aim of this study was to characterise the diets of children aged 10 and 13 years who had been identified as: (1) picky eaters at age 3 years (cross-sectional); and (2) picky eaters at 2-5.5 years old (longitudinal). Picky eating behaviour (PE) was identified in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) from parental/caregiver questionnaires. Dietary intake was assessed at age 3.5 years and repeated at 10 and 13 years. For cross-sectional PE compared with non-PE there were differences at age 10 years that were similar to those at 3.5 years: lower intakes of protein (-5%) and fibre (-7%) and of meat (-15%), fruit (-10%) and vegetables (-33%). At 13 years, differences in vegetable (-23%), fruit (-14%) and meat (-8%) intakes were evident. For longitudinal (persistent) PE, differences were more pronounced at each age. More effective strategies to help parents to widen the food choices of their children at early ages need to be developed, focusing particularly on vegetable and fruit intakes.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesDietEatingFemaleFood PreferencesFruitHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleParentsSurveys and QuestionnairesTime FactorsALSPACchildfood avoidancefood neophobiafussy eaternutritionpicky eater

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PMID30974806
PMCPMC6521015
OpenAlexW2939895406

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