Eat Them to Defeat Them encourages kids to eat more veg.
It’s award-winning and proven to make eating vegetables more fun. It’s all here to help you on your mission to raise healthy, happy kids.
Eat Them to Defeat Them encourages kids to eat more veg.
It’s award-winning and proven to make eating vegetables more fun. It’s all here to help you on your mission to raise healthy, happy kids.
If you are worried about your child’s mood, behaviour and learning, a good place to start is their diet.
Eat Them to Defeat Them was created by Veg Power and ITV as a fun way to encourage kids to eat more veg. Over 1.7m different children have taken part with 77% of parents reporting that their kids ate more vegetables.
Look below for: Fun activities, our sneaky veg competition, recipes, tips on how to get you kids eating more veg and how you can use Eat Them to Defeat Them during Ramadan
To be able to Eat and Defeat the Veg, you need to know all their little tricks.
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Are you struggling to get your kids to eat vegetables?
Check out the tips, advice and useful tools from at our experts on Simply Veg.
HOW IT WORKS
Eat Them to Defeat Them works because it makes veg fun! This well-established and highly successful campaign sees thousands of schools across the UK turn that fun into children trying more veg, which can be reinforced at home. If your school is taking part, they will send home a reward chart to help you turn the enthusiasm at school into lasting habits at home – if not you can download your own chart below. And look out for stickers – it means your child tried some of that veggie at school!
Struggling to get your kids to eat veg?
Let’s face it: getting kids to eat their five-a-day can be a challenge. Time’s tight, money’s tight, and life is just…well, life! It’s no wonder half of all parents struggle with getting their kids to eat enough vegetables. Simply Veg from Veg Power is here to make things easier! We’ve got expert advice, made simple, so you can help your kids get the healthy start they deserve!
Winning with reward charts
Did you receive and Eat Them to Defeat Them mission pack? These reward charts are a fun way to encourage kids to try and keep trying a new veg until it becomes a habit. Learn how to use them effectively and avoid common mistakes.
Didn’t get one at school? Download and print your own chart, encourage kids to colour it in as they go, or pick up a cheap sheet of stickers to decorate their chart as they achieve their goal – and let the sticker fun begin!
RAMADAN MUBARAK
RAMADAN MUBARAK to all our families who are celebrating Ramadan.
We are aware that our Eat Them to Defeat Them campaign launches during Ramadan, which is a very blessed and special time for Muslim families. Of course we would not want our children and families to feel any pressure, if they are fasting, in trying vegetables when they are offered them at school as part of this project.
We warmly invite these children and families to join in with trying to defeat more vegetables as part of their Iftar every evening, or to use the reward chart during the Eid al-Fitr celebrations and throughout April.
Neurodiversity
An increasing number of children are being diagnosed with autism or some form of neurodiversity. Many children, whether neurodiverse or just food sensitive, are a little selective or “fussy” about their food.
Eat Them to Defeat Them works really well with neurodiverse children. We are here to support you and your kids every step of the way, and we have drafted in the very best experts on feeding children with neurodiversity, here are their tips.
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