Eating Out Encourages Kids to Eat Fruit and Vegetables
October 12th 2010 14:31
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Studies show that our wonderful mothers have steadily found it easier to get their families to eat fruits and vegetables when eating out, particularly at fast-food establishments. As you know I am not a fast-food mom and never will be. It is a juggle with my familyÃÂs busy life to feed them properly and completely.
Back to the findings, mothers reported it easy to eat fruit (25 percent) and vegetables (17 percent) at a fast-food establishment, up significantly from the 19 percent who reported it easy to eat fruit and 8 percent reporting that it was easy to eat vegetables in 2008. Thirty seven percent of moms reported it easy to get their families to eat fruit at restaurants generally, vs. 29 percent in 2008. Moms' reported ease in getting vegetables at restaurants declined, however, from 45 percent to 43 percent between 2008 and 2010.
Despite the increases in moms' reported ease of getting families to eat more fruit in restaurants, only 8.8 percent of all menu items include fruit, and only 3 percent of overall fruit consumption comes from restaurants. Regarding vegetables, 44.8 percent of all menu items include at least one vegetable (excluding chips and fries), and 15 percent of all vegetable consumption (excluding chips & fries) is consumed in restaurants. Together, only 11 percent of fruits and vegetables are consumed at restaurants, representing 72 cups per person per year. Despite the increases seen in the past two years, there is still huge room for improvement when it comes to restaurants serving more fruits and vegetables.
Moms also reported one of their top barriers to getting their families to eat more fruits and vegetables was not having a good range of fruits and vegetables available in restaurants.
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