EEUU: Potatoes most popular veg among children
Recent research in the US revealed that children are not consuming enough vegetables, resulting in an inadequate intake of key nutrients.
However, the research, "Science and Policy: Adopting a Fruitful Vegetable Encounter for Our Children," demonstrated that potatoes are a vegetable that tends to be well-liked by young children.
In fact, a study of elementary school students showed that students are not consuming the majority of vegetables offered to them in school lunches. However, plate waste for white potatoes was the lowest among any type of vegetables; thus, including potatoes in school meals is one important way to help ensure children receive those key nutrients of concern.
"It’s important that consumption of all vegetables, particularly those that are good sources of potassium and dietary fiber, be encouraged in children," says Theresa A. Nicklas, DrPH, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and one of the supplement’s authors. "Dietary habits established during childhood often transition to adulthood, so it is hugely important to encourage children to enjoy vegetables as part of the diet in order to reap the nutrition and health benefits provided by vegetables into adulthood."
The executive summary "Science and Policy: Adopting a Fruitful Vegetable Encounter for Our Children," is available online at advances.nutrition.org/content/current.
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Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/153639/US-Study-Potatoes-most-popular-veg-among-children
