While the idea of a salad will get some people's taste buds tingling, for others, the idea of chomping through a bowl of vegetables sounds more like a punishment.
Now, a study has shown that babies begin responding to different flavours while they're still in the womb.
Researchers from Durham University took 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to see how their unborn babies responded after being exposed to flavours from foods eaten by their mothers.
The results showed how foetuses smiled shortly after their mothers had eaten carrot - but grimaced when their mothers opted for kale.
The findings suggest that what pregnant women eat might influence their babies' taste preferences after birth.
If this is the case, the results could have implications for establishing healthy eating habits.
Researchers from Durham University took 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to see how their unborn babies responded after being exposed to flavours from foods eaten by their mothers. Left: neutral baby face, right smiling baby face
When the women consumed carrot, the foetuses tended to smile on the scan (stock image)