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John Elder

Unborn babies smile when their mothers eat carrots, and frown at kale

Not happy, mum! This is your baby's face on kale. Image: Durham University

Do people pretend to like kale because it’s trendy? Or is the purported ‘super food’ an acquired taste like olives … or hay?

A world-first experiment has found that fussy eating begins in the womb, and that late-stage unborn babies tend to give kale the thumbs down.

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