Severe picky eaters are so selective that eating with others is difficult. They might skip birthday parties, for instance, or bring their own food. Their eating habits interfere with family life.
"The children we’re talking about are not just misbehaving kids who refuse to eat their broccoli,” says Nancy Zucker, PhD, lead study author and director of the Duke Center for Eating Disorders, in a statement. “These are children whose eating has become so limited or selective that it’s starting to cause problems.”