Finally, a Trick That Gets Kids to Eat More Broccoli
Offering children a variety of vegetables increases intake, study suggests.
Most parents will agree that getting their kids to eat greens can be really difficult. Simultaneously offering them multiple options seems to be a solution.
Young children who were regularly given three veggies at a meal increased their vegetable consumption from 0.6 to 1.2 servings per day. Children who were served a single vegetable during mealtime did not increase their intake.
Reported by Australian researchers in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, the findings were gleaned over a 5-week period from 32 children, ages 4–6, who had a low consumption of vegetables prior to the study.
Matthew Kadey, MS, RD
Matthew Kadey, MS, RD, is a James Beard Award–winning food journalist, dietitian and author of the cookbook Rocket Fuel: Power-Packed Food for Sport + Adventure (VeloPress 2016). He has written for dozens of magazines, including Runner’s World, Men’s Health, Shape, Men’s Fitness and Muscle and Fitness.
