Everything you need to know to deal with fussy eaters

Genetics can play a part in children struggling to eat a normal diet. But there is much parents can do to help them enjoy a wide range of foods, beginning with the understanding that it’s a gradual process, not a quick fix

Genetics can play a part in children struggling to eat a normal diet. But there is much parents can do to help them enjoy a wide range of foods, beginning with the understanding that it’s a gradual process, not a quick fix

Registered children’s dietician Caroline O’Connor has met parents who blame their partners for their child’s picky eating. 

“They say, ‘My mother-in-law told me my husband never ate vegetables when he was young; he was a very fussy eater’,” says O’Connor, founder of Solid Start, which helps “parents raise a happy, healthy eater”.