Tricks Inviting Kids Eat Vegetables

Your child does not like to eat vegetables? If given always refuse?

Encourage children to eat vegetables is not easy. But mother always tried to encourage children to eat more vegetables.

According to nutritionists Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Rahmi Dwi Hapsari, S.Si.T, S.Gz, children do not like vegetables because it is not accustomed to eating. Therefore, preferably from childhood parents should introduce vegetables in children.

He expressed by a number of studies, children do not like vegetables because of their parents or other family members rarely eat or cook vegetables. So that the child was never seen anyone eat vegetables home. Especially if his parents work, they eat out. While the kids eat at home.

"If a child says, I do not want to eat vegetables, because mama do not eat vegetables. That's not surprising," he said on the sidelines of the Pizza Maker Junior held Pizza Hut and PHD 500 600 in Jakarta, Thursday (20/11).

How to introduce vegetables can be done by giving vegetables every day continuously. Of the different types every day. For example, today carrots, tomorrow beans, broccoli and other next. "Vegetables are not so bad, but try to continue," he said.

Since when children should be introduced vegetables? He said that since the child entered the period of complementary foods (solids) or when the child is six months old.

Vegetables to be crushed into a puree baby. Then when it started to eat the food the family, children can be given the same vegetables are eaten with their parents. Then when entering primary school age, can be explained what the benefits of vegetables. And encourage children to eat vegetables, arguing that healthy children.

Therefore, he suggested every day cook different vegetables. Then give the children an example. Parents should eat vegetables also in front of the child. This is so that children want to imitate. In addition, when going to a restaurant, choose a restaurant that provides vegetables.