The relationship between eating a healthy diet and positive health outcomes is well known;
nurturing healthy eating among children therefore has the potential to improve public health …

Eating behaviors evolve during the first years of life as biological and behavioral processes
directed towards meeting requirements for health and growth. For the vast majority of human …

Food marketing is often singled out as the leading cause of the obesity epidemic. The
present review examines current food marketing practices to determine how exactly they …

Digestible carbohydrates are one of the main sources of dietary energy in infancy and
childhood and are essential for growth and development. The aim of this narrative review is …

Human desire for sweet taste spans all ages, races, and cultures. Throughout evolution,
sweetness has had a role in human nutrition, hel** to orient feeding behavior toward …

Repeated consumption of high-energy nutrient poor foods can lead to undesirable health
outcomes such as obesity. Taste plays an important role in food choice, and a better …

Despite considerable epidemiological evidence of the health benefits of a diet high in fruit
and vegetables, consumption in pre-school children remains well below recommended …

Omnivores have the advantage of a variety of food options but face a challenge in identifying
foods that are safe to eat. Not surprisingly, therefore, children show a relative aversion to …

Across the lifespan, eating is a common everyday act driven by the search for pleasure and
reinforced by experienced pleasure. Pleasure is an innate indicator of the satisfaction of …

Our fascination with eating and drinking behaviors and their causes has resulted in a huge
industry of food-related pop science. Every bookstore, every magazine stand, every grocery …