Early parental influences are important determinants of children’s food choices. Several factors may have an impact on children’s eating habits:

• Children usually imitate their parent's food choices;
• They tend to like their family foods due to repeated exposures;
• They may share some genetically determined preferences to some types of food as their parents;
• Peer pressure, media and television advertising may also reinforce children preferences for high-fat foods and sweets;
• School’s food and nutrition professionals have a great impact on children’s food choices.