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JLS star JB Gill: How to get your kids to eat more fruit and veg like mine do
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JLS star JB Gill: How to get your kids to eat more fruit and veg like mine do

The Independent·Lisa Salmon·about 1 month ago
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JB Gill does not lead your typical ex-pop star life. As well as being a member of the boy band JLS , and working as a TV presenter, the dad-of-two runs a farm with his wife, Chloe. And, possibly because of their wholesome farming lifestyle, his children – Ace, aged 11, and Chiara, aged seven – certainly aren’t typical kids where food is concerned. They both love plenty of fruit and veg (and are even mad for olives). New research by Tesco has found only one in 10 UK children eats their recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables on a typical school day, and more than a third (37.5%) of parents say their child refuses fruit and veg altogether. “I think a lot of children tend to lead from the top down, from parents, so if they see you incorporating fruit and veggies as part of a balanced diet, then they’re more inclined to go with that,” says Gill, 39.…

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