Children put off fruit and veg by jar food

BABIES fed home-cooked food are more likely to eat fruit and vegetables when they are older than those given meals from jars and packets, researchers say.

Infants weaned on homemade casseroles and puddings develop a taste for what is good for them aged seven.

Experts from De Montfort University in Leicester, and the universities of Bristol and Birmingham, analysed data from 7,866 mothers of children born in 1991 and 1992.