The Art of Chewing: Optimizing Early-Life Sensory Exposure to Develop Healthy Eating Behaviour
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Eating behaviour and food preferences develop early in life and shape long-term dietary patterns. Current dietary advice for infants and toddlers focuses on the nutritional value of foods with little to no guidelines on age-appropriate food textures, while food texture plays an important role in the development of healthy dietary behaviour.