Monday, June 1, 2009

Does forbidding food make kids want it more?


The above clip comes from the BBC series (also seen on Discovery Health), The Truth About Food. More clips from the series can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/flashapp/nonflash.shtml

This clip presents some interesting questions about whether it will do any good to forbid kids from eating particular foods at school. Does it do any good to forbid sugary snacks, say from vending machines? Does it make a difference that the raisins are still there, really just being delayed not forbidden? Isn't this really just proof that you can get kids to eat--with gusto!--healthy snacks like raisins?

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