Fussy eating may signal depression in young children

A study by Dr Nancy Zucker (Duke Centre for Eating Disorders), published in the journal Pediatrics, found that children with highly selective eating habits were more than twice as likely as normal eaters to have a diagnosis of depression. “Moderate” pickiness was also linked with significantly higher levels of depression and anxiety in a study group of more than 3,000 children aged two to six.

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2015/07/28/peds.2014-2386