Thursday, January 19, 2012

Children's Like Fruit and Vegetable If?

Ensure children can eat a balanced diet is not easy. Moreover, most children are often picky eaters and tend not to want to eat foods that are not preferred. In children who eat mainly small, they tend to be fond of fruits and vegetables.

The less the portion of the main foods eaten by children, the less he will eat fruit and sayurn. Conversely, when the main food consumed little chance of eating fruits and vegetables in children, so the greater.

It has to be careful in determining the portion of the main food for the children. As with the main meals that have a lot, of course, children are less likely to eat fruit or vegetables. Moreover, the fruit is usually served after a main meal.

Parents can ensure to can supply by checking the appropriate portion of food left in a box lunch when the kids come home from school. Moreover, it also can talk with children about how much they eat.

In the study, researchers in Pennsylvania have involved 17 preschool children as research participants. The study participants were given six different variations of the same food, one day each week for lunch.

Total calories for lunch the participants of the study had varying amounts based on the given portion. Average of 506 calories with the largest portion, and 315 calories with the smallest portion. Study participants who ate the smallest portion, was able to spend a half servings of fruits and vegetables are provided.

Study participants who ate the largest portion only able to spend about a quarter of servings of fruits and vegetables provided yan. The results of these studies have been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

With age, children are given a lot of main dish servings will not make a balanced choice of food for himself. Another strategy to encourage children to eat fruit and vegetables is to set a good example by choosing a healthy snack.

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