| 1. | Sometimes food neophobia is more directly caused by an environmental occurrence.
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| 2. | Food neophobia is particularly common in toddlers and young children.
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| 3. | Food neophobia does tend to naturally decrease as people age.
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| 4. | Psychosocial factors can also increase a child's chances of developing food neophobia.
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| 5. | Food neophobia is stronger in some kids than others, mostly due to temperament differences.
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| 6. | When your child refuses new foods, chalk it up to neophobia and keep trying.
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| 7. | Another environmental factor influencing levels of food neophobia is the current arousal level of the individual.
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| 8. | "' Food neophobia "'is the fear of eating new or unfamiliar foods.
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| 9. | Most people experience food neophobia to a certain extent, though some people are more neophobic than others.
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| 10. | There also appears to be a critical period for lowering later food neophobia in children during the weaning process.
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