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Kathleen Keller, Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State

Picky eating starts in the womb – a nutritional neuroscientist explains how to expand your child’s palate

Bitter vegetables can be an acquired taste. d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

It’s 5:45 p.m. and you’ve just arrived home after a long day at work. You’d like nothing more than a glass of pinot and to binge old episodes of your favorite show. Into the kitchen comes young Sally, your food-adventurous 8-year-old. “I’m hungry, what’s for dinner?”

Sally has never met a food she’s afraid to try. Visions of her savoring the tangy brine of an oyster and joyously slurping spicy ramen noodles dance in your head.

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