Here’s what to know about the study, its key takeaways and timely strategies that may help expand a young child’s diet
It’s natural for parents of a fussy eater to worry their child isn’t eating a balanced and nutritious diet.
.The new findings come from the U.K. Gemini Study, an ongoing research project that enrolled 2,402 sets of twins born in England and Wales in 2007. The aim of the study is to explore how genetics and the environment affect childhood growth. Fussy eating habits were much more similar between identical twin pairs than they were among non-identical twin pairs, evidence that genetics plays a dominant role in picky eating.
This suggests that encouraging children to broaden their food choices during the toddler years may be most effective. Unique environmental factors, such as friends, accounted for 25 per cent of the variation in picky eating habits between the ages of seven and 13. Not surprisingly, peers become more important in shaping food preferences as children approach adolescence.
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