If you ask kids what they want to eat, or for a snack, few will say "vegetables". Yet they're an important part of a growing child's diet. They're also a great way to add more flavor and less calories to some kid-favorite dishes.
"The researchers [at Penn State College of Health and Human Development] developed two variations of pasta, and served the dishes to 61 children between the ages of 3-5 on different occasions to conduct their research."
One dish was a standard pasta dish, while the other had 25% less calories and a pasta sauce that included blended vegetables. The children who sampled the dishes showed no clear preference. Read more at
NSTA.org.
Children and teenagers can make poor choices when it comes to diet and other things they put in their bodies. If you are dealing with
teen drug and alcohol abuse, visit
Adolescent-Substance-Abuse.com for help and learn the sigs of
teen drug use.
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