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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Tom Wilkinson

Getting children to eat their vegetables could start in the womb, study finds

Young children react more favourably to the smell of vegetables if they were regularly exposed to them in the womb, researchers have found.

A long-running study recorded and analysed the reactions of three-year-olds to the smells of carrots and leafy kale, investigating how prenatal exposure might shape their later preferences.

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