Increasing The Convenience Of Fruit May Increase Consumption In School Cafeterias
Previous studies and surveys have shown that kids love to eat fruit in ready-to-eat bite-sized pieces, yet in most school settings, the fruit is served whole, which could be the cause that children are taking fruits but not eating them. Most people believe that children avoid fruit because of the taste and allure of alternative packaged snacks…
April 20, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: bite-sized-pieces, eat-fruit, fruit, kids-love, most-school, not-eating, oncalldiets, people-believe, the-cause, the-fruit
How Children Use The ‘Nag Factor’ To Convince Their Parents To Buy Unhealthy Foods
Sure they’re fun and kids love them, but could cartoon characters used in marketing contribute to the obesity epidemic as well as create nagging children? Today, some parents find themselves having a battle in the cereal aisle. Recognizable characters and logos prompt children to make repeated requests for a range of products including low nutritional foods and beverages…
August 17, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cartoon-characters, cereal, create-nagging, epidemic-as-well, kids-love, low-nutritional, make-repeated, nutrition, nutrition / diet, obesity, oncalldietitian.com, products-including, some-parents, the-cereal, the-obesity
How Do Children Convince Their Parents To Buy Unhealthy Foods?
Sure they’re fun and kids love them, but could cartoon characters used in marketing contribute to the obesity epidemic as well as create nagging children? Today, some parents find themselves having a battle in the cereal aisle.
August 16, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cartoon-characters, cereal, create-nagging, epidemic-as-well, kids-love, marketing-contribute, nutrition, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, obesity, products-including, some-parents, the-obesity
