Creative ways to get kids to eat their veggies

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🗓️ 7 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Veggies help kids grow and develop, but it can be hard to convince them to eat their broccoli. These research-backed tips can help you encourage your kids to eat more veggies — or at least try them.

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0:00.0	You're listening to LifeKit from NPR.
0:05.6	Hey everybody, I'm Mary Elle Sagarra.
0:07.8	And with me is Beck Harlan, the visuals editor for LifeKit.
0:11.9	Hey Mary Elle, hey!
0:14.3	So I have something I want to play for you.
0:16.8	This is dinner time at my house with my two and a half year old toddler, Gus.
0:22.3	Super tall, super tall.
0:24.3	Super tall.
0:25.5	I'm going to put one on your plate, okay?
0:27.6	Yeah, I know.
0:28.7	What else have you had for dinner, Gus?
0:30.7	My good cheese.
0:32.7	You had some mac and cheese?
0:34.7	Yeah.
0:36.7	Okay, no sweet potatoes.
0:38.7	Got it, Gus.
0:40.7	Yeah, I think pretty much anybody who's tried to feed a little kid would be able to relate to that.
0:44.7	Yeah, I mean, I kind of can't blame him, to be honest.
0:46.7	But I'm assuming you'd like him to eat some of both?
0:48.7	Of course.
0:50.7	Nothing against mac and cheese.
0:52.7	But the reality is that he probably hasn't ingested a vegetable.
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