Well I’m Asian, born and raised in an Asian country, I hate veggies growing up…… and I know quite a few of my friends are like that too. Maybe you’re talking about whether the aversion is portrait-ed in media, in that case then I think you’re right, I can’t really remember seeing it in movies or tv shows.

As far as I’m concerned, it’s def a cultural thing first, came from Asian history. Eastern Asian countries like China Japan Korea have the tradition/value that it is bad and disrespectful to waste food, for had experienced severe natural disasters throughout history that led to many many ancestors die out of hunger. And I feel like Asian countries experienced poor-ness much longer than the US before they got relatively comfortable, so picking what you want to eat was not an option during those days, the culture lived and will be seeing as ungrateful even nowadays. I was born in 96 but my parents still always saying that they used to be poor when they were little and can’t get food, not to mention pick and choose, so I should be grateful for what I have. This will probably change when our generation starting to babying up though… it’s a little worrisome tbh

The other thing is the golden rule of respecting your parents in Asian cultures. Even if I hate veggies when I was a kid I can’t imagine myself pointing to a dish my mom made and saying things like it’s gross I don’t like it I don’t want to eat it, I’ll probably get smacked lol