selective eating
Fussy food habits
Selective eating is a pattern of restricting food choices to a narrow range, typically based on texture, color, smell, or familiarity rather than nutritional concerns.
Common in children but sometimes persisting into adulthood, it goes beyond ordinary pickiness: His selective eating means he'll only touch five or six foods.
When severe, it may be diagnosed as avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
- pickyExcessively selective or particular
- picky eaterOne who rejects foods
- fussyExcessively particular
- finickyExcessively particular, hard to satisfy
- textureSurface tactile quality
sensory · sensory overload · avoidance · mealtime · struggle · beige · bland · childhood · neophobia · gagging · refusing · hiding · vegetables · dinner table · tantrum · comfort foods · plain · separate
- eating habitsvegetarian, vegan, omnivore, carnivore, pescatarian
- Hunger & Appetitehunger, fullness, satiety, craving, appetite loss
- eating disordersanorexia, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, pica
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