Number one kids’ veggie dish? French fries
McDonald’s is loving it. One quarter of an average child’s vegetable intake consists of French fries, according to a new study.
As for fruit, kids are getting 40 percent of their intake through juices, which often contain high amounts of sugar. The study, conducted by Ohio State researchers, examined government data on 6,500 kids ages two through 18.
Barbara Lorson, an Ohio State dietitian, told USA Today of one suggestion for parents: offer your child fresh produce when he’s especially hungry.
Another new study offers a less cruel way to entice kids — rename the vegetables. Four-year-olds ate twice as many carrots when they were told that the veggie were “X-ray vision carrots.” Other ”cool” food names suggested by Cornell University researchers: power peas and dinosaur broccoli trees.
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