'It's about making it feel normal to have vegetables'
The study found while the amount of sugar in packed lunches was declining overall, many still contained foods too high in sugar, salt or fat
Most lunchboxes in the surveys of nearly 1,500 children contained crisps or other savoury snacks, while about one in three included a chocolate biscuit.malt loaf, fruited teacakes, fruit breads or fruit instead of cakes, chocolate, cereal bars and biscuitslow-fat and low-sugar yoghurt or fromage frais or a pot of sugar-free jelly instead of full-sugar onesTry chopped apple, peeled satsuma segments or melon slices to make it easier for young children to eat and enjoy.
"Changing behaviour is very difficult," she said."We know that. And we do need the food industry to help by making the choices that are available healthier."Encouraging a child to go to the shops with you and buy a pepper, then go home and slice some off and put it into their lunchbox would be great.Loughborough University's Dr Emma Haycraft has studied the psychology of getting kids to eat more veg.
She said:"Research has shown that children that children need to be exposed to foods a number of times before they learn to like them. So it's important that foods are offered in lunchboxes on multiple times. "These can be small portions initially, to minimise waste, but this will allow children time to become familiar with foods that they might not be used to eating."
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