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carefully timed synchrony exists between children's early physiological
development and their evolving nutrition needs. The literature
regarding early childhood nutrition has focused upon children's changing
nutrient requirements for growth and health and has neglected the
social developmental framework from which children's eating behaviors
and intake patterns emerge. The purpose of this paper is to review
the research regarding the development of children's eating behavior,
with a focus on how child development and early experiences, particularly
within family eating environments, shape children's food consumption
patterns. The approach will be to discuss environmental, genetic,
and behavioral influences on children's eating with an eye to children's
continually evolving developmental capabilities and nutritional needs.
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