Picky food is a common behavior of children. Many children are spoiled by their parents and become picky eaters, which leads to malnutrition and short stature. What are the reasons why children are picky eaters? Parents must understand clearly and correct their children's picky eaters in time.

There are many reasons why children are picky eaters. Here are some possible reasons:

1. monotonous diet, aversion to new foods: a long-term monotonous diet may easily lead to anorexia in children, and children may refuse to eat a certain food because they are unfamiliar with or dislike its taste, smell, texture and other factors.

Control desire: Sometimes, children's picky eaters are their power struggle to express their control desire to their parents.

2. Family environment: Children's food preference may be influenced by family food culture and parents. For example, if children's family members eat heavy-flavored or fried food, they may be more vulnerable to fresh or light food.

3. Psychological problems: Some children may be sensitive to food, or have psychological problems such as autism, which will lead to their rejection or resistance to food.

4. Parents punish or reward: When parents punish, talk about conditions or reward their children's eating behavior, it is easy to increase their children's picky about food.