A new study is showing that even despite efforts from adults trying to censor what kids are eating, that we just can’t really keep kids from that junk food!
It says:
The study evaluated the effect that commercials for French fries and apple slices — yes, the apple commercial must have been pretty lame — had on young children’s food choices. Among those shown the commercial for fries, 71 percent chose a coupon for fries afterward. Additionally, some 46 percent of the kids who were shown a commercial for apple slices still chose the fries coupon.
Parents’ scolding seemed to have some effect, but not as much as you might think. About 55 percent of kids who were shown the fries commercial and then urged not to eat junk food by their parents still chose fries.
French fries are delicious. Why can’t we live in a world where they’re healthy and an integral part of our diets??!
Food choices are one thing, making sure your kids are active is another. If you’re choosing healthy most of the time — let’s be honest, you shouldn’t be going out to fast food as often as you are regardless of choices between fries and apples — then the amount you treat your kids to going out might be offset by them going outside and playing like a kid!
We don’t think it’s all for naught, though, and education is a great way to let kids know that there are choices — and what happens to be the better choice is still available. But, they don’t need to choose it every time! They’re kids!
[Image via AP Images.]
