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Originally Posted by graciegirl
THERE IS NOTHING on God's green earth that is gonna make kids choose foods that are healthy for them unless they like how they look and taste. Not Mrs. OBAMA, not a caring mother, maybe watching others enjoy a variety of fruits and vegetables MAY help, but not even Popeye could get a lot of kids from our era to like Spinach.
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I read a good book by a doctor who had an explanation for why children and pregnant women don't like the healthier non-starchy vegetables. It goes like this: Children, including unborn fetuses, are in a rapid growth phase and non-starchy vegetables do not promote growth the way animal protein does. Thus nature provides a natural dislike for certain vegetables at that time.
Of course there are always exceptions but, in general, it's often difficult to get kids to eat healthy vegetables. I wouldn't expect kids to like spinach, Brussels sprouts, turnips, asparagus, collard greens, and many other such vegetables. And I wouldn't try to force them to eat those things.
On the other hand, I think there should be some reasonable standard set by schools. I don't know exactly what they serve in schools today so I can't say whether it's too strict or not.