The reason why children crave sweet food

A study in the UK showed that parents often use sweet food to "lure" children to eat picky, making them more addicted to sweet and obese foods as they grow up, according to the Daily Mail.

Many children are fed candy from very young

Vitabiotics WellKid Baby Drops, a manufacturer of nutritional products for children in London (UK) conducts a study on children's eating habits.

The research team exposed 2,002 mothers of children from 12 months to 5 years old.

They found that 26% of mothers gave their babies a taste of chocolate before they were 9 months old and more than half of the mothers gave them a sweet taste when they were 12 months old. 61% of mothers let their children eat candy every day.

1 in 3 people admitted to using candy to 'lure' a picky child. 58% of mothers believe that their children have started craving sweet food when they were 3 years old.