How to encourage children to eat vegetables 8 Articles

by Susan Kliebenstein

Vegetables are loved by few, tolerated by many and hated by lots of kids! Never the less everyone needs at least three servings a day. Here are my ten tips for getting kids to eat their vegetables. 1. Start very early a...read more

by Rachel Suesskow

How often have you given your child vegetables at dinner time only to find them being pushed around their plate or worst still being thrown on the floor or hidden under the chair cushion or in a pot plant?. Here are some s...read more

by Carolyn Bennett

Vegetables? You have got to be kidding me? What child in their right mind willingly eats anything healthy? What adult for that matter would willingly sit there and force peas, green beans, and carrots down the ...read more

by Michaelena Johnson

Rather than forcing your child to eat vegetables. Make it exciting to sample something they haven't tried before. Try Cut celery stalk into small log size and fill with peanut butter and top with raisins. Or make a face on...read more

by Lesley Rigg

I think that "making" anyone do anything is always going to be a troublesome task. It is much more likely that you will be successful if you get "buy-in" from your child. Certainly, I have learned my lesson regarding the...read more

by T.A.

1. Do eat your own vegetables yourself. It will be the best example for them. 2. Do not give up trying if they refuse to eat it - the research shows that the more you try the more likely they are to eat it. 3. Make up ...read more

by Wendy Hepton

Getting children to eat veg is a lot harder when they have a disorder like Dyspraxia and food in general takes an age for them to eat. The easiest way is find types of food they really enjoy and load them with veg. For e...read more

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by Jess Howe

Ever seen "Good Eats", the show on the Food Network with Alton Brown? For those of you who haven't, it's about food and fun. He also has a session he does every so often with foods that have been "banned" or considered b...read more