Article on picky eaters

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Thanks to prunesnprisms for the link to this article.

Researchers examined the eating habits of 5,390 pairs of twins between 8 and 11 years old and found children’s aversions to trying new foods are mostly inherited.

The message to parents: It’s not your cooking, it’s your genes.

The study, led by Dr. Lucy Cooke of the department of epidemiology and public health at University College London, was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in August. Dr. Cooke and others in the field believe it is the first to use a standard scale to investigate the contribution of genetics and environment to childhood neophobia.

According to the report, 78 percent is genetic and the other 22 percent environmental.

Hmm. Genetic causes....golly gee, do ya think the girls inherit their pickiness from me or might it possibly be from Rob?[/sarcasm]

I set up a syndicated feed to the the blog mentioned in the article, gastrokid.com (gastrokid), written by an editor of Bon Appetit who has a kid who is a picker eater.