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Picky eating among kids on the rise in Singapore, here’s what parents can do

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Fussy eating typically starts during the toddler years, when many parents find it difficult to feed their children.

Fussy eating typically starts during the toddler years, when many parents find it difficult to feed their children.

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SINGAPORE – When her baby, Tristan, refused semi-solid food during his weaning phase, Alessandra did not think much of it.

“I was not worried because he was my third child. He was eating well. It was just the texture that he didn’t like,” says the 46-year-old translator, who declined to give her full name.

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