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Toddlers may not like eating vegetables but this is certainly not true for all of them. The society and the influence of the media is an important why many toddlers prefer other kinds of food above vegetables. Many parents work outside and don't take the time to prepare a well balanced diet and they often serve fast food or food which is easy to prepare with a minimum of vegetables. This can be one of the reasons why toddlers don't like vegetables.

The influence of the school is also important and they may enjoy delicious sweets during the time at school and may become addicted to sweets and food which contains a lot of sugar and fat. It is necessary to be concerned about the health of your toddlers and you may start with offering them different kinds of food.

It is not necessary to forbid your toddlers to eat sweets or even junk food but you can best offer them different kinds of foods. It is necessary you teach them to eat all kinds of food. Vegetables and fruit are certainly essential in the diet of your toddlers and even in your own meal. Everyone needs to eat healthy and a well balanced diet will provide the necessary vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, fiber and healthy fats.

The reason why toddlers don't like vegetables is often they don't like the taste. Many vegetables have a bitter taste but you can find several vegetables with different kinds of taste. It is more a matter of teaching your children to taste all the different kinds of vegetables. You need to offer a high variety of vegetables and it is maybe best to obligate them at least to taste a little bit of every vegetable. It is useful to add some ingredients which can change the taste of these vegetables slightly. Variation in the way you serve vegetables can help too. Maybe they don't like vegetables raw but they may enjoy these vegetables as these are cooked.

It is also best you try to taste them these vegetables different times. Maybe they don't like the taste at first but after several times they are used these taste and may like many other vegetables too. It is best you don't prepare every week the same vegetables and you make variation in the food for your toddler.

A good idea is to mix the vegetables with some food your toddler really like. You can also serve your food and create funny shapes of your vegetables. For example, you can make a little men of different kinds of vegetables and use a carrot for his nose. In winter, you can use a cauliflower as vegetable and with the carrot as

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