Kids who are fussy eaters should be left to feed themselves.

This advice for new parents after a study revealed babies who choose for themselves what they eat, are less picky eaters when they grow up.

But child psychologist Dr Ian Lambie said the parents need to be sensible about the whole approach.

He told Andrew Dickens kids need a varied and healthy diet, and parents need to be relatively relaxed about things.

"If the parents are too worried about what they feed and they get really uptight about it I think that potentially further down the line it could play out in behaviours."

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