FussyFix is health-adjacent, not medical publishing. That means the writing has to be careful. Parents arrive worried. Some are dealing with ordinary developmental fussy eating. Some may be dealing with ARFID, anxiety, sensory feeding difficulties, growth concerns or family stress.
Where we make factual claims about health, nutrition, education support or eating difficulties, we cite recognised sources. Bodies referenced across the site include NHS, NICE, ARFID Awareness UK, BEAT, the Department for Education, IPSEA and SACN.
Where we do not know something, we say so. Where a child may need clinical support, we say that too. FussyFix does not diagnose and does not pretend that a website can replace a GP, health visitor, paediatric dietitian or specialist service.
- NHS and NHS Healthier Families for general child health and nutrition information.
- NICE for eating disorder recognition and treatment guidance.
- ARFID Awareness UK and BEAT for ARFID information and parent support signposting.
- DfE, Equality Act guidance and IPSEA for school, reasonable adjustment and SEND context.
- SACN for nutrition reports and dietary public-health context.
Chart methodology
The FussyFix Weekly Chart is computed weekly from UK seasonality data. Each vegetable is scored by its position within its UK season curve: vegetables rising toward their seasonal peak rank highest; those at peak hold the top positions; those exiting season fall; and those out of season rank by proximity to their next season start.
Year-round and import-only vegetables receive a flat baseline score, placing them honestly in the mid-table. Imported vegetables with a UK glasshouse season receive a modest seasonal boost during that window.
No user votes, no purchase data, no panel. The chart is a deterministic function of the date and the seasonality data — same inputs always produce the same chart.
The seasonality data is maintained in the project's seasonality.json file, sourced from the UK seasonality fields on individual vegetable pages.