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The first time Nolan pushed away his black cherry yogourt, a look of disgust spreading across his face, I was baffled. Nolan loves yogourt, it's been a staple favourite from the time he first ingested solids. But then I remembered: Nolan's father hates cherries. It always seemed so bizarre to me: they are cherries. Delicious, round orbs of goodness. It dawned on me then that food preferences might be genetic, and this article from the New York Times confirms my suspicions: childhood food aversions might be genetic.
Toddlers are renowned for their picky eating habits, and new research says that that pickiness might be in the genes: no need to blame your bad home cooking anymore. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, says that children's food preferences are 78% genetic and 22% environmental.
But don't worry too much if your child insists on eating only rhubarb and white toast: experts say pickiness is fleeting, usually peaking before the age of four years old.
Toddlers are renowned for their picky eating habits, and new research says that that pickiness might be in the genes: no need to blame your bad home cooking anymore. The study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, says that children's food preferences are 78% genetic and 22% environmental.
But don't worry too much if your child insists on eating only rhubarb and white toast: experts say pickiness is fleeting, usually peaking before the age of four years old.
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