Want your children to eat vegetables… and enjoy them? Take them to the supermarket, say researchers

The Daily Mail – Pat Hagan

As any parent will verify, coaxing a child into eating their greens is not a pleasant experience. But researchers now claim to have found the secret to getting them to eat vegetables… and enjoy them. It seems children who help choose the ingredients to make vegetable-based snacks are much more likely to eat them. It is estimated only about 16 per cent of pre-school children in the UK eat the recommended daily allowance of five portions of fruits and vegetables. (more)