'picky eating' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when talking about someone who tends to have strong preferences when it comes to the food they choose to eat. For example: "My daughter is a very picky eater; she will only eat plain pasta with no sauce."
This is often viewed as a hangover from childish picky eating.
Subsets of Ednos include binge eating disorder, purging disorder, night eating syndrome, chewing and spitting out food, and even picky eating.
I've dated plenty, and different people respond to my picky eating differently.
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The secondary outcome measures were BMI and picky eating.
Picky eating and strategies to overcome this common phenomenon is discussed as the child exerts the typical independence of a toddler.
A large controlled prospective study is now required, which examines weaning practices in tandem with the other key factors, including BMI, milk feeding practices (breast vs bottle/formula fed), socioeconomic status, locus of control and picky eating.
There is an abundance of terms describing these presentations (e.g. food avoidance emotional disorder, selective eating, picky eating, restrictive eating, sensory food aversion, food neophobia, functional dysphagia).
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Lead researcher Dr Nancy Zucker, director of the Duke Centre for Eating Disorders in the US, said: "The question for many parents and physicians is, when is picky eating truly a problem?
