NU FS356 Quiz: Eating Behaviors of toddlers
8 Mar 2017
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Toddlers will want to self-feed food that other people around them are eating. They learn the family customs related to meals and foods that are acceptable by observing everyone else at meal time. The toddlers have an overall disinterest in the food and are easily distracted from eating. They also begin to express food preferences and the desire to participate in the rituals that the family does. Most kids show signs of neophobia, the fear of new things, in terms of new foods at some point. In other words, they will really like foods one day and then the next they (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t like it. The natural preference for sweet or salty food is normal as well. When kids use a bottle or sippy cup throughout the day they are constantly exposed to carbohydrates whether that is juice or milk in the bottle. Those carbohydrates hang around the gums constantly and are then available to bacteria in the mouth.
