The palatable, energy‐dense foods that characterize modern environments can promote
unhealthy eating habits, along with humans' predispositions to accept sweet tastes and …

Food preferences are a primary determinant of dietary intake and behaviors, and they
persist from early childhood into later life. As such, establishing preferences for healthy …

Background. Nutrition in early life is increasingly considered to be an important factor
influencing later health. Food preferences are formed in infancy, are tracked into childhood …

Food habits, an integral part of all cultures, have their beginnings during early life. This
chapter reviews the development of the senses of taste and smell, which provide information …

What has become familiar tends to be preferred while the unfamiliar is avoided. Additionally,
liking is impacted by associative learning processes where new stimuli become liked via …

During the first 2 y of life, development is rapid and includes dramatic changes in eating
behavior. Individual patterns of food preferences and eating behaviors emerge and differ …

Health initiatives address childhood obesity in part by encouraging good nutrition early in
life. This review highlights the science that shows that children naturally prefer higher levels …

By definition, as mammals, we all begin life on an exclusive milk diet. During the first years of
life, the transition from milk to a modified adult diet takes place, and to maintain growth and …

Though preparing healthy food at home is a critical health promotion habit, few interventions
have aimed to improve parental cooking skills and behaviors. We sought to understand …

Background Food parenting practices have been associated with children's eating
behaviors, but analyses exploring the bidirectional effects are limited. Objectives We aimed …