PREMIUM How to make your child eat traditional foods Positive, repeated exposure helps children become more willing to try foods they initially reject. DN2 10 min ago Listen

For instance, we have very many traditional vegetables but managu and terere are high in iron, calcium, vitamin A, zinc and fibre,” Agnes says.

She however emphasises that traditional foods such as sweet potatoes come with high amounts of beta-carotene which is converted to vitamin A in the body.

Clinical nutritionist Agnes Wando says many indigenous foods that urban children dismiss as "grown-up food" are packed with iron, vitamin A, calcium, zinc and fibre that support healthy growth, immunity and brain development.