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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think "picky eaters" is a rich white child problem. I bet poor children whose folks use food stamps eat whateve is put on the table and are bloody grateful for any food. [/quote] It's actually the opposite. Low income families can't afford to have their children reject foods, so it's common to rely on familiar, safe foods. There are also access issues, and other social and psychological considerations, but fundamentally it just takes money and time to go through the process of introducing new foods to kids (prepare, offer, reject, repeat until accepted). That's why lower income children eat poorer diets and have higher rates of diet-related health conditions than higher SES kids. Also why it's critical for school lunches to offer new and healthy food choices, even if they get dumped in the trash most of the time. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/16/opinion/why-poor-children-cant-be-picky-eaters.html[/quote]
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