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| Neat Trick to Get Your Kids to Eat More Veggies Posted: 09 Aug 2012 05:19 AM PDT  photo: familieseatingbetter.com New here? Get our iPhone or Android App to scan & choose healthy groceries! Or try Fooducate's Online Nutrition App! Here’s a neat trick to get your kids to eat more vegetables during a meal. Instead of offering a side of just carrots, offer a variety, for example carrots, broccoli, and sweet peas. That’s what professor Barbara Rollins of Pennsylvania State University did, with a group of 66 volunteers during a week of lunchtime testing. The volunteers were given a pasta meal with a side of vegetables. Some received a 600 calorie portion of just one vegetable whereas others received 3 different vegetables, 200 calories each. The people eating a variety increased their vegetable consumption by 12-15%. Unfortunately, they did not eat less pasta, so their overall caloric consumption rose. More information here. The concept though, is intriguing. Has anyone noticed a difference in their child’s willingness to eat vegetables based on variety? Get Fooducated: Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/fooducate on facebook: facebook.com/fooducate |
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