A brand-new game is set to help parents break the dinnertime deadlock.

Nearly eight in 10 struggle to get their child to eat healthily, according to research commissioned by developers of Teach Your Monster: Adventurous Eating.

The game encourages 3- to 6-year-olds to try new fruit and vegetables in a fun, tactile and engaging way using the five senses. The method has been shown to help kids build a much better long-term relationship with food.

New research shows that two-thirds of parents end up arguing with their child over mealtimes an average of twice a week. And 83% said they ended up cooking the same meals for them over and over, with 50% of parents feeling embarrassed by their child's diet.

Nearly one in five (18%) of parents reported they often felt upset that their child wouldn't even try the meal they had cooked for them.

To help tackle these challenges, not-for-profit educational games company, Teach Your Monster, has just launched the new game.

Teach Your Monster: Adventurous Eating makes trying a rainbow of fruit and vegetables a little less scary. Children embark on a journey to explore different foods using all their senses. The game features more than 40 fruit and vegetables from various cultures, including everyday staples, such as apples, potatoes, and peas.

Antonio Gould, executive director of Teach Your Monster, said: "Teach Your Monster: Adventurous Eating is all about getting kids excited about fruit and vegetables and helping them develop a better relationship with food for long-term benefits."

Teach Your Monster: Adventurous Eating is available to download now for iOS, Android and Kindle devices.

Teach Your Monster is a non-profit organisation funded by the charity, The Usborne Foundation, to deliver educational learning games for kids.

The Usborne Foundation is a charitable fund established by Peter Usborne, founder and managing director of Usborne Publishing, and his two children, Nicola and Martin, to support selected charities, mostly in the area of early literacy.

Usborne Publishing is a leading children's book publishing company, which has made books for early readers one of its specialisations. Peter is dedicated to finding a way of harnessing children's natural fascination with computer games to some useful purpose.