Family Action Network (FAN) - Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History

Name: Family Action Network (FAN) - Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History
Start: 2026-02-26T19:00:00-06:00
End: 2026-02-26T20:00:00-06:00

Thursday, February 26, 2026 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CT

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Are children naturally picky, or did pickiness develop over the past century? Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History by historian Helen Zoe Veit, is an eye-opening investigation into why American kids no longer eat broadly and with gusto. As an award-winning historian of American food, Veit demonstrates compellingly that mass childhood pickiness is a cultural invention – not a biological inevitability.

Veit will be in conversation with John Waller, Associate Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at Michigan State University who has published seven books spanning science, medicine, and social history, and has just completed a major study of group dynamics across the past 12,000 years of human history.

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Julie Deardorff (847) 467-3147

Julie.deardorff@northwestern.edu

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