Nutrition in the Early Years: Feeding Challenges and Their Health Implications
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 January 2026 | Viewed by 76
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Dear Colleagues,
Feeding challenges are common in children, and they present with a spectrum of severity. While “picky eating” in a typically developing child generally tends to improve with age, some feeding challenges may persist and may require more specialized medical attention, including multidisciplinary care. In the long run, these can lead to detrimental effects on the child’s growth and nutrition, as well as caregiver stress and damaged parent–child relationships.
With the development of the “Pediatric Feeding Disorder” framework in 2019, feeding challenges in children are now more clearly defined. I am hopeful that this will translate to more literature to guide us on the assessment and management of feeding challenges in children.
This Special Issue of Nutrients entitled “Nutrition in the Early Years: Feeding Challenges and Their Health Implications” welcomes original research and reviews of the literature concerning this important topic.
Dr. Seng Hock Quak
Dr. Tammy S. H. Lim
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- feeding difficulties
- pediatric feeding disorder
- feeding practices
- caregiver feeding style
- growth
- nutrition
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