Early exposure to certain foods during pregnancy may help children become more accepting of vegetables later in life, according to a new study.
Researchers at universities in the United Kingdom, France, and the Netherlands gave a group of pregnant women capsules containing kale powder and another group capsules containing carrot powder.
They then used ultrasound scans to examine and code the facial reactions of the foetuses after exposure to the flavours at 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy.
The children were observed again when they were around three weeks old. Most recently, 12 of the children were studied at the age of three.
For the latest stage, wet cotton swabs dipped in either carrot or kale powder were held under each child’s nose.
