TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨3d ago

🥦👍 Psychologists at #Aston University in #Birmingham found that #children are more likely to try and enjoy #vegetables like #broccoli after watching others eat them with positive expressions.

The #research highlights how social observation and repeated exposure can overcome food #neophobia and help develop healthier eating habits.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-a-remarkable-way-to-help-kids-like-vegetables

#nutrition #psychology #parenting #education #health #diet #uk #learning #science

Scientists Found a Remarkable Way to Help Kids Like Vegetables

Trying to persuade kids to eat healthily is a challenge many parents face, and a small new study suggests that pregnancy might be a prime time to influence toddlers' tastes.

ScienceAlert
Econopass4d ago

Chicken nuggets. Dinosaur-shaped potatoes. Maybe some mac and cheese if we’re feeling adventurous. Sound familiar #PickyEaters #KidsNutrition #DivisionOfResponsibility #Neophobia #FeedingKids #parenting

https://mumblog.org/breaking-chicken-nugget-cycle-kids-eat-variety/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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Breaking the Chicken Nugget Cycle: How to Get Kids to Eat Real Variety - MumBlog.Org

How to break the chicken nugget cycle and get kids eating real variety — without mealtime battles. Practical strategies for expanding picky eaters' palates through low-pressure exposure.

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NIOO-KNAWOct 29, 2025
New publication: A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of #neophobia. #ManyBirdsProject #birds #animalmigration
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394
PLOS BiologyOct 23, 2025
Fear of novelty varies across species & individuals, impacting adaptability & survival. @TheManyBirds &co assess #neophobia in 1400 subjects from 136 #bird species, identifying phylogenetic influences & broad ecological drivers @PLOSBiology plos.io/4haLEsN
Scientific FrontlineOct 15, 2025
The largest-ever study on #neophobia , or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some #bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
#Zoology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/10/zoo10152501.html
Major new study discovers diet and migratory behavior shape neophobia

Neophobia plays a crucial role in how animals balance risk and opportunity.

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Oct 14, 2025

Chickening out: Why some #birds fear novelty https://phys.org/news/2025-10-chickening-birds-novelty.html

A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3003394

"#Grebes and #flamingos exhibited the highest #neophobia while #falcons and #pheasants were among the least neophobic species, approaching food quickly regardless of the unfamiliar item... the study found that two ecological drivers strongly predicted neophobia: dietary specialization and migratory behavior."

Alexander J. SteinJul 29, 2025
Increasing familiarity with plant-based meals—not focusing on ingredients or individual dishes—may be a promising strategy to boost #plantbased meal consumption. Reducing food #neophobia may also be important, esp. in countries where dietary norms are less diverse: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap... #diets

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GastroHistoryNov 2, 2024
'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food
‘Safe route’ or ‘sushi route’ − 2 strategies to turn yuck to yum and convince people to eat unusual foods

Past shifts in food habits suggest there are 2 paths to the adoption of new foods: One relies on familiarity and safety, the other on novelty and excitement.

The Conversation
GastroHistoryNov 2, 2024
'Disgust and food neophobia – a fear of new foods – are often cited as obstacles to adopting new, more sustainable food choices, but I believe that recent history offers a more complicated picture.' https://theconversation.com/safe-route-or-sushi-route-2-strategies-to-turn-yuck-to-yum-and-convince-people-to-eat-unusual-foods-225419 #foodstudies #disgust #neophobia #sustainability #food
‘Safe route’ or ‘sushi route’ − 2 strategies to turn yuck to yum and convince people to eat unusual foods

Past shifts in food habits suggest there are 2 paths to the adoption of new foods: One relies on familiarity and safety, the other on novelty and excitement.

The Conversation
Alexander J. SteinDec 2, 2023
Blind taste test shows that despite prejudices #consumers cannot distinguish between greens grown without soil in vertical faming and #organic veggies & herbs. Vertical cultivation saves space, allowing #rewilding of agriculture land: https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2023/a-delicious-surprise-vertically-farmed-greens-taste-as-good-as-organic-ones/ #neophobia #landuse
A delicious surprise: Vertically farmed greens taste as good as organic ones

But the first scientific taste test from the University of Copenhagen and Plant Food & Research, New Zealand shows that respondents rate greens grown vertically and without soil as just as good as organic ones.