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Food rejections in children: Cognitive and social/environmental factors involved in food neophobia and picky/fussy eating behavior
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Food neophobia and picky/fussy eating behavior are presented as the two main forms of children's food rejections which are responsible for a reduction of their dietary repertoire. We review the key factors, presented in the literature, that are involved in food rejections during childhood. We first consider a range of "cognitive factors", such as food perception, mental representations, categorization of food items, and emotions and feelings toward food. Next we focus on "social and environmental factors", as these might also significantly influence and modulate children's food rejections. We then summarize the findings to provide a comprehensive view of the factors involved in children's food rejections. Finally, we discuss the need for future studies on food rejections, regarding (i) the distinction between food neophobia and picky/fussy eating, and (ii) the potential link between food categorization abilities and children's food neophobia and pickiness.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Lafraire, J., Rioux, C., Giboreau, A., & Picard, D.
- Affiliations
- Institut Paul Bocuse (FR)
- Aix-Marseille Université (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Lafraire, Jérémie
- Venue
- Appetite
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-01
- Volume
- 96
- Issue
- 234
- Pages
- 347-357
- ISSN
- 0195-6663 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1773621283
- Cited by
- 279
- References
- 184
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 29 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 21 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 7
- FWCI
- 2.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hal.science
- Licence
- Locations
- Appetite (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Keywords
- food neophobia, picky eating, food perception, food categorization
- MeSH terms
- Child, Choice Behavior, Cognition, Diet, Feeding Behavior, Food Preferences, Humans, Socioeconomic Factors
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