Progress on children's picky eating
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2025.08.001
- VernacularTitle:儿童挑食的研究进展
- Author:
Shasha WANG
1
;
Xin XU
Author Information
1. 浙江大学医学院附属儿童医院儿童保健科 国家儿童健康与疾病临床医学研究中心,杭州 310000
- Keywords:
Children;
Picky eating;
Picky eating intervention;
Nutrient
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2025;52(8):505-508
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Picky eating is a term used to describe children's eating behavior and food preferences,characterized by their preference for and avoidance of certain foods or food groups. These behaviors can have long-term consequences related to nutrition and health. It should be addressed as early as possible to improve the development of picky eating in children. Therefore,it is important to understand children's picky eating deeply in order to design appropriate intervention strategies to successfully mitigate picky eating. Based on domestic and foreign research,this paper summarizes the related factors of children's picky eating,the influence of picky eating on children,the characteristics and influencing factors of picky eating,and the intervention measures and effects of picky eating,and puts forward the prevention and improvement direction of children's picky eating in the future.