Getting Kids to Eat Their Vegetables

About this episode

The episode discusses how introducing kale purée to babies may influence their future preferences for vegetables.

Can offering kale purée to babies shape their future taste for greens?

People in this episode

Host: Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM

Topics covered

• children's nutrition
• vegetable consumption
• taste development
• healthy eating habits
• parenting

Keywords

• kale
• vegetables
• children
• nutrition
• taste preferences
• healthy eating

Mentioned in this episode

Products: kale purée

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