But… but… but… Mooch knows best!
Via EAGNews:
Researchers are finding that Washington bureaucrats can get children to “choose” healthy foods, but getting students to eat them is another task altogether.
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health observed 274 children in kindergarten through second grade in 10 New York City public schools.
A “chicken-and-vegetable entrée was on the menu,” according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The organization reports:
They watched to see whether each of the six-through-eight-year-olds chose a fruit, vegetable, whole grain, low-fat milk and/or a lean protein, taking before and after photos of the trays.
Researchers found:
* 75 percent of the kids chose the lean protein (the entrée).
* 58 percent chose a fruit and 59 percent chose a vegetable.And among those who put the various types of food on their trays:
* 75 percent took even a single bite of the protein.
* 24 percent ate a bite of their vegetables.In other words, 56 percent of students ate a protein. Worse, only 14 percent of all students ate even “a bite” of vegetables.