Parenting

You can hide plenty of healthy fruits and veg in those while maintaining a consistent texture and taste. There are also cookbooks out there that have recipes where you hide healthy foods in traditional kid foods.

My sister's son was/is very picky. I think he has legitimate sensory issues, but that was exacerbated by the fact that she got so emotional about it and also did not stick to a regular eating schedule. She was forever offering snacks between meals and was willing to cook him a whole second dinner if he didn't like the first. So there was big emotional payoff for being picky. Generally, if you offer a good variety of healthy foods and don't cave to feeding junk all the time, they eventually get hungry and eat what you offer. Also, lots of outdoor play and exercise seems to cut my kids pickiness way down. On those days they come to the table really hungry and just eat what is there.