AbstrakLatar Belakang: Picky eater merupakan salah satu gangguan makan yang terjadipada tiga tahun pertama kehidupan, ditandai dengan secara konsisten menolakmakanan tertentu secara rasa, tekstur, tempertatur atau bau. Terdapat beberapafaktor penyebab picky eater, salah satunya adalah menyusui. Anak yang diberikanASI cenderung tidak akan terjadi picky eater karena merasakan berbagai macamrasa melalui ASI.Metode: Penelitian potong lintang ini pada 100 anak usia 1-3 tahun pada yangmempunyai keluhan sulit makan, dilakukan pada bulan Febuary sampai denganApril 2012 di salah satu praktek swasta Surakarta. Kuesioner diberikan untukmenentukan faktor yang berhubungan dengan picky eater dan riwayat nutrisi (0-6bulan). Chi square digunakan untuk menilai faktor yang mempengaruhi pickyeater. Analisis statistik menggunakan SPSS 17.Hasil : Dari 100 subyek yang melengkapi kuesioner, didapatkan 8% anak susuformula dan 38% anak ASI eksklusif dengan prevalensi picky eater sebanyak30%. Tidak ada faktor yang signifikan berpengaruh terhadap perilaku picky eaterberikut hasil secara berurutan : jenis kelamin (p = 0,33), waktu pemberianmakanan padat pertama (p = 0,85) dan jenis susu (p = 0,43).Kesimpulan: Tidak ada pengaruh pemberian ASI eksklusif terhadap kejadianpicky eater pada anak usia 1-3 tahun di Surakarta.Kata kunci : picky eater, ASI eksklusif, susu formulaAbstractBackground Picky eater is one of the most common feeding disorders during thefirst 3 years of life, whereas they consistently refuse certain foods because of thetexture, taste, or smell. There are many factors affect the development of pickyeater, one of those factors is breast feeding. Breast-fed children are less pickybecause they have exposed to a diversity of flavors via breast milk early in life.Methods A cross sectional study was conducted in 100 children age 1-3 years oldwho had feeding difficulty from February to April 2012 at private clinic inSurakarta. The special questionnaire were distributed for determining theassociated factors with picky eater and nutritional history (0-6 month). Chi squaretest was used to analyze picky eater status and associated factors. Statisticalanalysis were performed by using SPSS version 17.00.Results A total of 100 subjects completed a questionnaire. Subjects were 8%formula-fed and 38% were breast-fed, the remainders were combined fed. Ofthese subjects 30% were picky eater. There were no significant factors whichinfluenced the picky eater (sex p=0.33; the age of first complementary foodintroduction p=0.85; milk type p=0,43).Conclusions These finding indicate that exclusively breast-fed was notsignificantly correlated with picky eater in children.Keywords: picky eater, exclusively breast-fed, formula-fed