\u201cWhat kids find visually appealing is very different than what appeals to their parents,\u201d said Brian Wansink, professor of Marketing in Cornell\u2019s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. \u201cOur study shows how to make the changes so the broccoli and fish look tastier than they otherwise would to little Casey or little Audrey.\u201d<\/p>\n The study is published in the January issue of Acta Paediatrica<\/em> (101:1).<\/p>\n Wansink and co-authors Kevin Kniffin and Mitsuru Shimizu, Cornell postdoctoral research associates; and Francesca Zampollo of London Metropolitan University, presented 23 preteen children and 46 adults with full-size photos of 48 different combinations of food on plates that varied by number of items, placement of entr\u00e9e and organization of the food.<\/p>\n \u201cCompared with adults, children not only prefer plates with more elements and colors, but also their entrees placed in the front of the plate and with figurative designs<\/strong>,\u201d Kniffin said. \u201cWhile much of the research concerning food preferences among children and adults focuses on \u2018taste, smell and chemical\u2019 aspects, we will build on findings that demonstrate that people appear to be significantly influenced by the shape, size and visual appearance of food that is presented to them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the Cornell University press release: Parents of picky eaters can encourage their children to eat more nutritionally diverse diets by introducing more color to their meals, according to a… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[45,208,73,12],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/images\/blogpics\/FamilyBreakfast.jpg\" "\\"eating\\"")
Parents of picky eaters can encourage their children to eat more nutritionally diverse diets by introducing more color to their meals<\/strong>, according to a new Cornell University study. The study finds that colorful food fare is more appealing to children than adults<\/strong>.\u00a0 Specifically, food plates with seven different items and six different colors are particularly appealing to children, while adults tend to prefer fewer colors – only three items and three colors<\/strong>.<\/p>\n