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语言朋友(51)king even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a UK study said. Though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their vegetables, the idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.That's because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked, said Jane Wardle, a researcher at University College London who worked on the study.Verbal praise, such as 揃rilliant!V You're a great vegetable taster，” did not work as well. The study found that when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable, it gradually changed their attitudes.The children were also willing to eat more of the vegetables－either carrots, －in laboratory taste tests, (分派)173 families to one of these groups.In one, “control”．oing from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12day experience.The turn around also seemed to last, with preschoolers in the sticker group still willing to eat more of the once disliked vegetable three months later. Why didn't the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents' words may have seemed “insincere” to their children. 解题导语：本文主要讨论了几种鼓励孩子吃蔬菜的方法。________．to introduce a practical method of making children eat vegetables | 
