Creating smiley faces on health foods and meals can encourage kids to have more of these nutritious meals. The study at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in San Diego, CA, found 62% increase in the purchase of vegetables, and 20% increase in fruit purchases all thanks to this new approach of putting smiley face stickers on food.
TAKEAWAY:
Try putting shapes and smiley faces on kid’s food and see how they respond positively.
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