NPR Blog: to stop picky eaters from discarding greens, give them choices
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Students are given healthy choices on a lunch line at Draper Middle School in Rotterdam, N.Y., in 2012. To keep students from tossing out the fruits and vegetables they’re served, researchers say it helps to give them a choice in what they put on their trays.
In many communities, the local school district is the largest food provider, filling thousands of hungry bellies every day.
But trying to feed healthful food to some of the pickiest eaters can result in mountains of wasted food.
Now, many schools are finding that giving kids a say in what they eat can cut down on what ends up in the trash.
Read more at The Salt: NPR’s food blog
