When picky eating is a sign of psychological distress

Abstract

Picky eating, the subject of a widely publicized study thanks to a Pediatrics article last summer, is no joke. It can tear families apart, turning what is supposed to be the peaceful, bonding time of the day — family dinnertime — into a battleground. Or, if not a battleground, a labor‐intensive grueling effort to prepare something that the picky child will eat.