Are Kids Pickier Than Ever? The Great Picky Eater Debate — History vs Biology vs Big Food скачать в хорошем качестве

Are Kids Pickier Than Ever? The Great Picky Eater Debate — History vs Biology vs Big Food

In 1830, children in Boston spent their pocket money on raw oysters, doused them with vinegar and pepper, and ate them with "rapture." In 2026, a seven-year-old won't eat a strawberry because it has seeds on the outside. What happened? A bombshell New York Times guest essay by historian Dr. Helen Zoe Veit reveals that mass childhood pickiness didn't exist until the 20th century. Before then, American children were described as curious omnivores who loved bold flavors — spicy sauces, organ meats, shellfish, beets, rutabagas, collards. Children cheered when they saw turnips in the garden. Then the food industry spent billions inventing "children's food" — engineering hyper-palatable snacks, creating constant snacking culture, and fracturing family meals. They didn't discover picky eaters. They manufactured them. But is it that simple? Tonight the full panel debates: biology vs. corporate greed vs. modern parenting. Food neophobia is a real developmental stage. Children DO perceive bitter flavors more intensely. But the modern food environment has turbocharged a mild predisposition into a fifty-billion-dollar industry of dinosaur nuggets and yogurt tubes. Featuring a 13-year-old defending his generation, a Russian who ate sadness-flavored cereal, a Brooklyn Italian whose mother's wooden spoon was never used for stirring, a Tennessee man who thinks nobody cooks anymore, and a grandfather who stormed Normandy on a can of Spam. IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Harrison Gale Opens — The Great Picky Eater Debate 01:00 George Whitman — Kids Cheered for Turnips? 02:00 Bobby Deslauriers (Age 13) — "We Are Not Broken. We Have Standards." 03:00 Grandpa Spuds — "I Sat at That Table for Three Hours Staring at Lima Beans" 05:00 Dana Moretti — Dr. Veit's Historical Research: Oyster-Eating Children of the 1800s 07:00 Tiffany Washington — How the Food Industry Invented Children's Food 09:00 Colbert — "The Strawberry Has Existed for 12,000 Years. The Pop-Tart Was Invented in 1964." 10:00 Eugene Kravitz — "In Russia There Is No Picky Eating. Food Is a Miracle." 11:00 Frank DeLuca — Italian Mothers and the Wooden Spoon of Attitude Adjustment 13:00 Maya Goldstein — The Biology Side: Food Neophobia Is Real 15:00 Dana Moretti — The Three Things the Food Industry Did to Create Pickiness 17:00 Bubba Marshal — "The Problem Is Nobody Cooks Anymore" 18:00 Bryan Coulter & Hugo Henchman — The Pantry Problem and the Texture Epidemic 23:00 Max Holler — Follow the Money: The $50 Billion Children's Food Industry 25:00 The Data: 67% of Kids' Calories Come from Ultra-Processed Food 27:00 Bobby Fights Back — "You Engineered Our Taste Buds and Blamed Us for Having Them" 29:00 What Actually Works — Evidence-Based Solutions 32:00 Zoltan's Prophecy — The Tomato Always Wins 33:00 President Chambers on Steak with Ketchup 35:00 The Closing — "If a Kid in 1830 Can Eat Raw Oysters... Your Kid Can Eat a Carrot" 37:00 Bobby's Verdict on Brussels Sprouts Those kids in 1830 weren't brave. They were pizza-less. There's a huge difference. #PickyEaters #KidsFood #ChildhoodNutrition #PickyEating #HelenZoeVeit #PickyBook #FoodIndustry #KidsMenu #UltraProcessedFood #FoodNeophobia #ChildrensFood #ParentingStruggles #DinnerTimeWars #JunkFoodMarketing #HealthyKids #FamilyMeals #FoodHistory #NutritionDebate #TheBobDeslauriersShow #VoicesOfTheUnlikely KEYWORDS: picky eaters, picky eating kids, are kids pickier today, Helen Zoe Veit, Picky book, children food history, 19th century children eating, kids food neophobia, ultra-processed food children, children's food marketing, food industry kids, junk food marketing children, Goldfish crackers, SpaghettiOs, Lunchables, kids menu, children food preferences, toddler picky eating, food neophobia evolutionary, General Foods Nestle marketing, childhood obesity, family meals, communal eating, snacking culture, hyper-palatable food, taste bud development, child-pleasing food, dinosaur nuggets, kids nutrition debate, parenting food guilt, New York Times picky eaters, California State University food research, The Bob Deslauriers Show, Voices of the Unlikely, political commentary podcast THUMBNAIL PROMPT: Split image: left side shows a Victorian-era child in period clothing happily eating from a plate of oysters and colorful vegetables with an excited expression, warm sepia tones. Right side shows a modern child in a hoodie pushing away a plate of broccoli with a disgusted face, surrounded by colorful junk food packages (cereal boxes, chip bags, candy). A large red arrow points from left to right with text "WHAT HAPPENED?" in bold. At the bottom, corporate food logos are faded into the background. Bold text overlay at top: "ARE KIDS PICKIER THAN EVER?" Bright, eye-catching colors with dramatic contrast between the two eras. Editorial magazine style.