Summary

• In a non-pressure environment your child will learn to eat the foods that you do and their relationship with food will likely be similar to yours.
• The evidence says parents who eat more fruit and vegetables have children who eat more of these foods themselves.
• Don’t expect then to eat a food if you don’t.
• Anyone who eats with your child can influence eating behaviour consider who else eats with your child and what your child is learning from them.