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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well as a former picky eater I generally think people stress way too much over it. I'm not picky at all as an adult. [/quote]

This.  I also have identical twins and they were exposed to the same foods at the same times.  Each has their own preferences - what they like and what they refuse to eat.   I choose not to sweat it.  [/quote]

On the other hand, my husband has an identical twin and to this day they have very similar food preferences (virtually identical).  They both hate tomatoes and broccoli, for example.  Their sister who was obviously raised in the same household, does not have the same food preferences.  On the other hand, they didn't eat a lot of healthy food growing up, or a wide variety.[/quote]

I think it is a complex issue where genetic and cultural reasons are mingled. I have fraternal twin 2 year olds, who are very different personalities and almost look like they are from different ethnicities, and while neither of them is a picky eater in the narrower sense (their favorite foods include beets and goat cheese and marinated herring, and they are hard to please at McDonald's), one is a lot more cautious about new foods than the other, and will sometimes reject things based on texture (I think). Since they were both exposed to the same foods in the same way (FWIW we started with purees and not BLW), I think this is genetic. I also think, though, that there is a cultural component and that if they had grown up in a house with a less varied cooking style, and offered less flavors early on, my "picky" twin might have grown into a picky eater who only wants typical "kid foods".[/quote]

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