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A person’s eating behavior as well as their dietary preferences, habits, and choices are primarily shaped during childhood. The characteristics that compose children’s nutritional profiles are also reflected in their dietary choices in their later life as adults while laying the foundations for the quality of their overall health throughout their lives. Factors affecting children eating habits include parental influences, the school environment, the level of nutritional education, the family’s socioeconomic status as well as other factors such as psychology, physical activity, and eating breakfast.