Nursery World - Is this the secret to children's love of veg?

A new study suggests that the more times children are offered a new vegetable, the more they eat of it each time.

Researchers found that even children who were not initially keen on eating vegetables normally ate a bit more each time they were offered them.

Researchers from the University of Leeds gave artichoke puree to 332 weaned children aged three months to three years.

Globe artichoke was chosen as the sample vegetable because most parents said they were unlikely to offer this vegetable to children.

Each child was given between five and ten servings of at least 100g of the puree in one of three versions - basic, sweetened with added sugar or added energy, or mixed with vegetable oil.

They found that the youngest children consumed more of the artichoke puree than the eldest.

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