>>Shocking development : Kids don't like healthy food. Parents know this and adjust.
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>Well, not exactly true. My experience as a parent, when teens would hang around at our house, was that if I put out trays of cut fruit and vegetables, everything got eaten (except cauliflower and sometimes canteloupe). Pretty much as much as I gave them, they'd eat.

Perhaps your experience is different. To make an apples to apples comparison (hehe), I'd ask what they ate before/after they were at your house? Did you ever offer unhealthy snacks next to the healthy and what were the results?

I just posted yesterday about Jamie Oliver's expensive failure with healthy school lunches in LA.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/01/19/lausd-students-roundly-reject-healthier-school-lunch-menu/

>>I'd point out that adults exhibit the same behaviour as their kids with an article but I cannot find it right now.
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>Just read yesterday that if you give people a chance to make a healthier choice, they just might:
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>http://www.philly.com/philly/health/139233278.html?cmpid=132476848

Perhaps they're onto something on a psychological level. However, it runs counter to real world examples.

Calorie postings:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/nyregion/06calories.html


>Not exactly analogous, but a good sign.
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>Tamar