Findings obtained previously with American groups to the effect that food rejections decline with age during adolescence, and that girls tend to reject more foods than boys were confirmed by a study using a questionnaire, translated into the appropriate languages, and administered to Arab and Armenian adolescents in Lebanon and Egypt. An unexpected finding was the higher number of rejections by Armenians. It was suggested that anxiety level may be an underlying factor, and that the higher rejections by Armenians may be related to insecurity experienced by a minority group that has been economically and professionally successful.