To be staggered that only 1 in 5 children eats vegetables every day

[Beloved72]

Are there really families where children get no vegetables with their evening meal or packed lunch/school lunch?

Quite shocked actually. I can get my head around children and adults not having 5 a day, but NONE?

And 1 child in 10 refusing to eat ANY vegetables ever?

Yikes. I worry for our future health.

That shocks me too.

My children are given veg every day but it's a constant battle to get them to eat any.

I dunno. What's the source? If you say only fresh veg (no canned, frozen or otherwise processed) counts? Maybe 4 out of 5 children are eating vegetables every other day and fruit on the days in between?

Dd will eat pretty much any veg but rarely touches fruit, me neither.

What is your source for the stat in your title?

I suspect it's ANY veg.

Five a day counts all veg, frozen, tinned, dried etc. Just not potatoes.

Actually other than onions in the stovies there's no veg with tonight's meal, but tomorrow will have loads as it's spring veg stew, I just try and get a balance over the week.

My source - CBeebies this morning. and the Daily Wail

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Most days my son has veggies but occasiolly he doesn't.
Dd has veggies and fruit most days

Son hates fruit so its bloody hard work getting enough veg down him. I try

It shocks me that I am a parent of a four-year-old vegetable-refuser. He will eat fruit but not vegetables and I don't know how to get him to eat a better diet short of force-feeding him. He loves planting, picking, shelling and cooking veg - just not eating it. His sister will eat nearly anything.

I offer veg every day, it doesn't always get eaten though

That link is a year old.

newfieldsorganics.com/survey-finds-only-20-of-uk-children-eat-vegetables-every-day/

Non dauly mail link

Sit down whilst you read my post

Not one vegetable passed mine or my child's lips today not even so much as a sniff of a carrot.

I could give you a list of vegetables we ate yesterday or list of fruit we ate today but I can't be bothered

You are staggered? You really need to get out in the real world.

I have the world's fussiest eater. I offer fruit and salad and veg (delete as appropriate) with every meal.... I have a child that doesn't even like chips or ice-cream so getting him to eat veg is a freaking nightmare!!!!

My middle son doesn't eat very much veg, never has done, though he does normally have at least some. He's 18 now, and I honestly can't be arsed with trying to persuade him anymore.My daughter has plenty.
I've always tried to get my children to eat a healthy varied diet. The middle one is very fussy though.

YABU. Why are you staggered?
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Are there really families where children get no vegetables with their evening meal or packed lunch/school lunch?

Yes... there are families where no fruit and veg is eaten daily.... not everyone is on board with the health benefits of fruit and veg. Fruit is also pretty expensive for some families. Veg can also be expensive unless you are able to get it from a market of live near Lidl or Aldi. Some families can be pretty chaotic so fruit and veg is probably pretty low on their list of priorities.

There are any number of reasons as to why a child is not getting fruit or veg at some point every day. Ive had none today and neither has my daughter.
Shocker.

I don't eat veg every day and I didn't as a kid either.

I don't see a problem with that.

I've had a cheese and ham omelette with toast for dinner and for lunch I had a bacon sandwich.

I suspect I'll still be healthy tomorrow morning, or am I wrong?

It's the fact that the majority don't eat veg daily that's surprising I think. I can't imagine not eating fruit or veg with every meal, I don't really understand. I realise they are expensive, but the majority of children every day? Blimey.

I aim to get as many veg into my kids Sunday to Thursday as I can.
Friday and Saturdays they are out with mates, eating pizza and Nandos
But they've always loved veg. And fruit.

It's highly likely that by the end of any particular day I have one dc that hasn't had any veg and one dc that hasn't had any fruit. That's not to say it hasn't been served up to them or offered.

It shocks me too. Any veg?! Do veggies in sauce count? Like marinara sauce, I mean. Because there are some days where DD has only that and/or something like tomato soup. Also pickles, she loves those.

To me it is strange to plan a meal besides breakfast that does not include veggies at all, even if it's just lettuce and tomato on a sandwich.

I do sometimes give the kids (and the mindees) "breakfast for lunch" so we have pancakes and eggs and fruit. But then will have carrots and dip for snack.