Healthy Eating Habits Are Set Early in Life
By two years of age, dietary patterns of children start to become established.
Offering your child a variety of flavours and textures from the start of complementary feeding is one way to increase their acceptance of new foods and help them enjoy a variety of foods during childhood and later in life.
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