Tips on how to encourage children to try and enjoy new foods

Helen O’Callaghan says it’s important to encourage children to eat a wide variety of food and to start from a very early age so they can absorb a wide range of nutrients.

YOU are ordering lunch with your family in a restaurant.

“Sausages and chips,” Junior pipes up when the waiter approaches. His two siblings want pizza and chicken nuggets. If kids are stuck in a rut when it comes to eating out, can we really blame them?