Table 1. Characteristics of the studies selected in the systematic review of food neophobia in children.

Author/year	Study location/type	Sample	Quality score
Falciglia et al. (2000) 2	United States of America - Cincinnati/Cross-sectional	70 children	Weak
Galloway et al. (2003) 12	United States of America - Pennsylvania/Cross-sectional	192 children (7 years)	Weak
Cooke et al. (2006) 19	United Kingdom - London/Cross-sectional	109 children (average age of 9 years)	Moderate
Russell and Worsley (2008) 16	Australia - Burwood/Cross-sectional	371 children (2 to 5 years)	Moderate
Mustonen and Tuorila (2010) 20	Finland - Helsinki/Cross-sectional	164 children (8 to 11 years)	Moderate
Howard et al. (2012) 17	Australia - Brisbane and Adelaide/Cross-sectional	277 children	Moderate
Tan and Holub (2012) 14	United States of America - Dallas/Cross-sectional	85 children (3 to 12 years)	Moderate
Cassells et al. (2014) 21	Australia - Adelaide/Cross-sectional	244 children	Moderate
Laureati et al. (2014) 22	Italy - Milan/Cross-sectional	560 children	Moderate
Maratos and Staples (2015) 23	England - Derby/Cross-sectional	70 children (8 to 11 years)	Weak
Perry et al. (2015) 18	Australia - Brisbane/Cross-sectional	330 children (2 years)	Moderate
Kaar et al. (2016) 13	United States of America - Aurora/Cross-sectional	210 children (3 to 5 years)	Moderate
Moding and Stifter (2016) 24	United States of America - Pennsylvania/Cross-sectional	115 children	Moderate
Kozioł-Kozakowska et al. (2018) 25	Poland - Krakow/Cross-sectional	325 children (2 to 7 years)	Weak
Helland et al. (2017) 26	Norway - Kristiansand/Cross-sectional	505 children (mean age of 2 years)	Weak
Maiz and Balluerka (2018) 15	Spain - San Sebastián/Cross-sectional	464 children	Moderate
Rioux et al. (2018) 27	France - Lyon and Paris/Cross-sectional	109 children (3 to 4 years)	Moderate
Kähkönen et al. (2018) 28	Finland - Helsinki/Cross-sectional	130 children (3 to 5 years)	Moderate
Kutbi et al. (2019) 29	Saudi Arabia - Jeddah/Cross-sectional	216 children (3 to 7 years)	Moderate