Abstract
Introduction: picky eating is a problem that is now common in children, characterized by not trying or limiting variations in food, especially vegetables and fruit. Picky eating has an important role in the development of children, both physically and emotionally, so that it becomes a concern for the parents.Method: this systematic review aims to explain the correlation of picky eating on a child's growth using PRISMA approach from two database: Scopus and Proquest limited to the last 5 years; from 2015-2019 and obtained 15 articles that selected. Identification of articles using keywords ('picky eating' AND 'children' AND 'weight' or 'growth').Result: according to the findings, it was found nine articles that mentioned picky eating had an effect on growth and six articles mentioned no effect. Limitation of this study is that there are other factors that influence picky eating in selected articles.Conclusion: the most of the result from the studies show the behavior of picky eating in children can affect the growth of both body weight and height, and can also affect nutritional status, emotional status, physical activity and health status. Nurses can provide education about the effects of picky eating behavior on children in parents.
Highlights
Parents often complain about their child's poor diet by picky eating
Picky eating so far has not been understood the effect on body weight and height in children, where the problem can be at risk for nutritional status in children (Ghosh et al, 2018)
This study aims to explain the correlate of picky eating on a child's growth
Summary
Parents often complain about their child's poor diet by picky eating. Picky eating is the behavior of rejecting some unfamiliar foods or ingredients (Thompson, Cummins, Brown, & Kyle, 2015). It can result in long-term eating disorders in adolescence and early adulthood (Li et al, 2017). Picky eating so far has not been understood the effect on body weight and height in children, where the problem can be at risk for nutritional status in children (Ghosh et al, 2018). Growth in children who can be at risk for these problems is likely to be influenced by the eating behavior of children who are picky on food and more often consume unhealthy
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