Fussy Old World
How do attitudes to 'fussy eating' vary across the globe?
The fussy toddler refuses to eat her vegetables, has a tantrum and throws the food on the floor in protest. It’s a familiar scene that haunts parents the world over… or does it? And what, if anything, has economics got to do with it? This week The Food Chain takes a global look at 'fussy eating', and finds out about different cultural expectations and solutions. Emily Thomas talks to a psychologist, a sociologist and a behavioural geneticist to debate the phenomenon, and parents in Beijing, Nairobi, Kolkata and London share their tactics.
(Picture: Baby making a mess eating, Credit: Getty Images)
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Five tips for parents of fussy eaters
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- Thu 26 Apr 2018 02:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online, Americas and the Caribbean, UK DAB/Freeview, West and Central Africa & Europe and the Middle East only
- Thu 26 Apr 2018 03:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service South Asia & East Asia only
- Thu 26 Apr 2018 04:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia
- Thu 26 Apr 2018 10:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Thu 26 Apr 2018 21:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
- Sun 29 Apr 2018 07:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
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