Smile motivate the child to eat healthy

Reached a recent study by a group of researchers in America, that it is possible to use smiley faces to improve the quality of the meals eaten by children, and the impact on the child to choose and eat better foods for the health of the available options, whether at home or in restaurants and cafes, where it was found that smiling face more form the attractiveness of the child.

According to the study presented to the annual meeting of the Academy of Pediatrics in San Diego, Calif., Researchers put a smiling face on healthy foods, such as fruits and skim milk sign, and whole grains, which are useful for youngsters from kindergarten, and even primary school, then used the smiling faces in the second phase of the experiment as a sign of a full healthy meals.

Researchers organizers of the study found, that skim milk has increased sales at a rate of 549 percent, increasing from 7.4 percent to 48 percent, and increased purchases of fruits of all kinds by 20 percent, as purchases of vegetables of all kinds rose by 62 percent. In contrast, demand fell Milk chocolate from 86.5 percent to 44.6 percent, and full health record choose the meal went up by 33.5 percent, after the addition of smiling faces on the dishes..

Commenting on the results of the study, he stressed Professor Robert Siegel, supervisor of the research Cincinnati center for children, it is possible to improve the nutrition of children at the elementary level to reduce the rates of obesity and weight gain, and reduce the intake of saturated fat, unhealthy, and increased intake of vegetables and fruits, and various health foods to improve health Child.

Also it revealed another study conducted by the National Center at Columbia University, that the tension between family members who used to eat together regularly are less, and are more likely to outweigh these children academically and get an excellent score in their studies by 40 percent from the others, from the children of families that do not have familiarity among its members not sitting with each other regularly. The food family members eat together increases the children's ability and desire to eat different foods, and improve their health and mental and physical abilities.