Nursery causing changed eating habits?

[Monstermoomin]

My 3yo started nursery in September. She's always had some fussiness with eating, mainly veggies, but there were staple things she would always inhale, such as cucumber, beetroot, peppers, avacado.

Since starting nursery, she has started to refuse to eat these, saying they are yucky and not nice. She is also saying this now about yogurts, that she has been having each day at nursery for months with no issue and today has refused to eat it.

It is very frustrating as it's hard enough to get her to try new things but now she's refusing food she'd regularly eat and enjoy. She refuses these now often at home.

Is this just a phase or are we going to be in for a constant issue with this.

TIA

COULD be nursery, she may be copying behaviours she's seen there.

It is more likely that she is exercising control of choice over what she eats - there's a reason the stereotype exists of toddlers living on chicken nuggets!

Keep offering and remain neutral over whether she eats it or not.

Agree with pp about remaining neutral. Even if she refuses these foods or calls them yucky, just reply ‘okay, listen to your body’.

my DD also started nursery in September and a couple of times has said ‘I don’t like it’ at mealtimes and this is something we never say at home so I can only think she was copying a child at nursery.