Picky : how American children became the fussiest eaters in history /

Are children naturally picky? It sure seems that way. Yet, amazingly, pickiness used to be almost nonexistent. Well into the 20th century, Americans saw children as joyful omnivores who were naturally curious and eager to eat. Of course, this doesn't make sense today. Don't kids have speci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Veit, Helen Zoe (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St Martin's Press, 2026
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Children > Nutrition > United States. Children > Nutrition > Psychological aspects. Food habits. Feeding Behavior Enfants > Alimentation > Aspect psychologique. Habitudes alimentaires. HEALTH & FITNESS / Diet & Nutrition / General. Public health Nutrition Parent and child Child rearing Parenting Food Food habits Children > Nutrition Food industry and trade United States Popular works Instructional and educational works Informational works. Documents d'information.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The invention of mass pickiness
Little omnivores
Food and fear
The experts
Pickiness as privilege
Overbearing mothers
Selling pickiness
Eat your vegetables
Naturally picky
Epilogue: Happy meals.