{"id":634881,"date":"2026-09-24T20:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634881\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T20:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T20:08:07","slug":"why-kids-are-such-picky-eaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/634881\/","title":{"rendered":"Why kids are such picky eaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American children in the 19th century relished bold flavors\u2014spicy sauces, sharp vinegars, and hearty, robust dishes. They gobbled up organ meats and happily ate beets, cabbage, and rutabagas. They even drank coffee.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward to today: Why has kids\u2019 food become so bland? And why are so many young people so fussy about what\u2019s on their plates?<\/p>\n<p>Historian\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.helenveit.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Helen Zoe Veit<\/a>\u00a0challenges the notion that children are naturally picky eaters.<\/p>\n<p>She argues that processed foods, targeted advertising, constant snacking, and misguided beliefs about children\u2019s appetites have narrowed young people\u2019s diets and turned mealtimes into a battleground.<\/p>\n<p>Veit is director of the What America Ate project and the America in the Kitchen project, an advisor to The Gilded Age, and the author of\u00a0Picky: How America\u2019s Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"American children in the 19th century relished bold flavors\u2014spicy sauces, sharp vinegars, and hearty, robust dishes. They gobbled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[103,61,60,446,242814,38],"class_list":["post-634881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nutrition","tag-the-connection-with-marty-moss-coane","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}