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From ages 2 to 6, young children’s appetites continue to decline as compared with infants and toddlers. This decline is normal and occurs as growth slows. At around age 3, it is not uncommon for children to go through a fussy eating phase where previously tolerated food is no longer accepted and it is hard to introduce new food (Fildes et al., 2014). From an evolutionary perspective, young children’s common dislike of new foods, picky eating, may be adaptive because it encourages them to eat familiar and safe foods rather than novel and potentially toxic foods (Lam, 2015). The Lives in Context feature examines picky eating in childhood.