This article talks about the link
between television viewing and food preference.
It is discussed how children who watch more television tend to eat more
food, and much of the time the food is not healthy. This is because children who watch a lot of
television will eat unhealthy foods.
Then the children will learn to prefer these foods over healthier
options. Eventually they child will eat
only unhealthy food because that is all the child is accustomed to. However, a new study suggests that children
who watch more television eat more unhealthy food simply because it is what is
within reach. This means that the study
is suggesting that if children who watch a lot of television were to simply
have healthy food to snack on they would snack on it. This is also good news because it will help
children to learn to prefer the taste of healthy foods. But, television must help this come to
fruition. Commercials on television mostly
advertise for junk foods. But the study
found that if there are more advertisements for healthy foods such as fruits
and vegetables, the children watching will crave those foods more. This is good because if more children eat
healthier, other health concerns such as obesity and diabetes will become less
of a concern.
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