▁seven - point ▁L ik ert ▁scale . ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁separate ▁scale ▁ge ared ▁towards ▁children ▁called ▁the ▁Food ▁Ne oph ob ia ▁Sc ale ▁for ▁Children ▁( F NS C ), ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁parents ▁actually ▁do ▁the ▁reporting ▁for ▁the ▁survey . ▁ ▁In ▁animals ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁that ▁food ▁ne oph ob ia ▁is ▁a ▁fear ▁of ▁novel ty ▁last ing ▁only ▁a ▁short ▁duration ▁( min utes ▁at ▁most ), ▁which ▁is ▁distinct ▁from ▁di et ary ▁conserv at ism , ▁the ▁prolong ed ▁ref us al ▁to ▁add ▁a ▁novel ▁food ▁to ▁the ▁di et , ▁which ▁can ▁last ▁many ▁days ▁or ▁even ▁years . ▁Diet ary ▁conserv at ism ▁has ▁never ▁yet ▁been ▁demonstrated ▁in ▁humans , ▁although ▁the ▁gen et ically ▁influenced ▁behaviour ▁of ▁" f uss y ▁e ating " ▁in ▁children ▁res emb les ▁the ▁behaviour ▁seen ▁in ▁animals . ▁ ▁Food ▁ne oph ob ia ▁rel ates ▁to ▁the ▁om n iv ore ' s ▁d ile m ma , ▁a ▁phenomen on ▁that ▁explains ▁the ▁choice ▁that ▁om n iv ores , ▁and ▁humans ▁in ▁particular , ▁have ▁between ▁e ating ▁a ▁new ▁food ▁and ▁risk ing ▁danger ▁or ▁avoid ing ▁it ▁and ▁potentially ▁missing ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁valuable ▁food ▁source . ▁Having ▁at ▁least ▁some ▁degree ▁of ▁food ▁ne oph ob ia ▁has ▁been ▁noted ▁to ▁be ▁evolution arily ▁advantage ous ▁as ▁it ▁can ▁help ▁people ▁to ▁avoid ▁e ating ▁potentially ▁poison ous ▁food s . ▁ ▁C