Picky eating tends to be associated with eating a small variety and quantity of foods due to rejecting a substantial amount of foods based on such characteristics as texture, appearance, smell, or mixed ingredients.
The risks may include low nutrient and dietary fiber intakes, while protective factors, especially from parents, include the provision of fresh foods and modeling by, for example, eating the same meal as the child.
Selective taste is more common among young children, for whom most of the foods are new; however, adults can be picky eaters as well, and people shared common foods among picky eaters from different countries, answering one Redditor’s question: “What do picky eaters outside the US eat?”
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#21
Adriatic; bolognese, pasta pomodoro, wiener schnitzel (where I'm at). Those three are basically staples, but there's also I guess what's comparable to chicken nuggets would be the homemade version? Just breaded and fried chicken breast will do the trick for most picky eaters here. French fries as well.
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15points
#22
My ex: white rice with sour cream. White bread with butter and cheese. Cheese pizza
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14points
#24
Brazilian here. Was a picky eater. Spaghetti is the way to go.
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13points
#25
I lived in Korea for a bit (from the US), and a picky eater common food was rice with soy sauce (or plain). Sometimes tteokbokki, but it’s a bit spicy so if it was just the noodles without the sauce that would make more sense. They also have a kind of chicken nugget.
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#26
They visit France and go to McDonalds.
In my youth I traveled Europe extensively as an American. We ate almost exclusively at Italian restaurants. My parents made it seem like it was because my youngest sibling was a picky eater, which he was. But the real reason was that my dad was unwilling to learn other languages or try new food. Spaghetti Bolognese is sgaghetti bolognese in all languages.
My friends with a hyper picky eater young adult took a cruise so their 18 year old could eat nuggets and cheese pizza for every meal.
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12points
#27
in the philippines, picky eaters usually eat processed food.
hotdogs, chicken nuggets, fast food, etc
(as opposed to meat/fish and vegetable dishes often served with rice at mealtimes)
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11points
#29
Australia. Nephew grew up on prawn chips & tomato sauce.
We (family) wonder how he fully formed!?!?
We (family) wonder how he fully formed!?!?
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10points
#30
My cousin is a fussy eater. He eats exclusively rice and brown beans. Occasionally chicken nuggets but we dont have them often. (Brazil)
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