If you are looking for novel ways to help your children eat their veggies. Start a garden.
Young children who regularly eat homegrown fruits and veggies eat more than twice as much of those healthy foods than kids who seldom get fresh-from-the-garden produce on their plates, U.S. researchers report. Over 1,600 families were interviewed. The children who were raised eating from the family vegetable plot developed a preference for the taste of fruits and vegetables over other foods.
The gardens encouraged variety and family closeness. Healthy eating shouldn’t be a struggle and it doesn’t have to be. If you don’t have a green thumb, see if there is a coop in your area, they may have a farm with fresh produce that you can buy and volunteer with the children for a great activity.
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[...] SunflowerDiary.com/homefarm/ wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt If you are looking for novel ways to help your children eat their veggies. Start a garden. Young children who regularly eat homegrown fruits and veggies eat more than twice as much of those healthy foods than kids who seldom get fresh-from-the-garden produce on their plates, U.S. researchers report. Over 1,600 families were interviewed. The children who were raised eating from the family vegetable plot developed a preference for the taste of fruits and vegetables over other foods. The garden [...]