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Getting children to eat their vegetables starts in the womb, researchers suggest

Rather than bribery, or hiding carrots under ketchup, the key may be to expose foetuses to healthy flavours It is an age-old battle with small children that most parents will recognise: please, please, eat your vegetables. Some will read them books with titles such as The Boy Who Loved Broccoli . Others have been known to smother veg in tomato ketchup, or mix avocado and fruit with Greek yoghurt and call it icecream . Or resort to plain bribery. Continue reading...

Getting children to eat their vegetables starts in the womb, researchers suggest
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Rather than bribery, or hiding carrots under ketchup, the key may be to expose foetuses to healthy flavours It is an age-old battle with small children that most parents will recognise: please, please, eat your vegetables. Some will read them books with titles such as The Boy Who Loved Broccoli . Others have been known to smother veg in tomato ketchup, or mix avocado and fruit with Greek yoghurt and call it icecream . Or resort to plain bribery. Continue reading...

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According to The Guardian’s linked item, Getting children to eat their vegetables starts in the womb, researchers suggest, Rather than bribery, or hiding carrots under ketchup, the key may be to expose foetuses to healthy flavours It is an age-old battle with small children that most parents will recognise: please, please, eat your vegetables. Some will read them books with titles such as The Boy Who Loved Broccoli . Others have been known to smother veg in tomato ketchup, or mix avocado and fruit with Greek yoghurt and call it icecream . Or resort to plain bribery. Continue reading…

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