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Why are so many people in their 20s and 30s such picky eaters these days?

It seems like every time I go out to eat with or cook for people in this age range, many of them will not eat most vegetables (some won't even eat most fruits), and many only like the generic fast food/plain cheese or pepperoni pizza/chicken nuggets or tenders and fries/plain hamburger/mac and cheese type of food. Won't eat anything with vegetables or seasoning.

With the way some of them eat (almost exclusively fast/fried foods, junk food and soda), I'm surprised their bodies don't revolt against them any more than they do. 🤣 Many of them act like being asked to try one bite of a vegetable is going to kill them, on the other hand.

Is this a generational thing, or perhaps just a regional thing with people I know? I've noticed this with several people in my age group that are like this.
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its a spoiled thing. kids now days has so much food they can pick only what they like, not what is good for you,
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@jackrabbit10 Or actually, is it that many children are not just offered that range by years of cuts to school kitchens, peer pressure and by parents too disorganised or unskilled to cook properly. Or who can't be bothered when you can evade starvation by a terrible diet of sweets, microwave meals, potato-crisps, Costalottamactukyburger rubbish and flavoured sugar solutions (all up in price but down in value)?

So if picky is it because because they are not offered anything else, and are not encouraged to try anything new?
@ArishMell my comment was for the upper class of humans .

my self I was born in a southern poverty of eat rabbit's squirrel's turnip greens ,sweets and fruit came on Christmas,
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@jackrabbit10 Oh, I am sorry if I upset you. I was really replying to the OP too but ought to have been clearer.

I know there are still many poor people, anywhere, but I hope that level of poverty you knew is a thing of the past.
@ArishMell lol you said nothing that up set me, but in the1950es things started booming life was good,,