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This just in: in a study of one baby at one meal, babies prefer french fries to baby food. (This reminds me of the real study the mother of one of my brother's friends did. There is an older study (from the 1930s, I think) that shows that children will naturally choose to eat a balanced diet when given choices of what to eat. My brother's friend's mother (a nutritionist at U of MN) showed that when the choices include junk food, the junk food wins every time. Thus proving that parents are still necessary.)

In other fast breaking news, mothers prefer to waste time blogging rather than clean up the kitchen.
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C. L. Hanson said…
LOL!!! Coincidentally, I've made the exact same discoveries at my house. ;^)
December 10, 2007 at 4:40 AM
mathmom said…
Hey Chanson!

That's great! Now I can increase the sample to 2.

Did I write waste time blogging? I meant to write spend time blogging... =)
December 10, 2007 at 9:54 AM
Danlj said…
If fading memory serves me correctly, the old nutrition research asked whether, given a variety of foods to freely choose, an uninstructed child would natively choose a balanced diet or an unbalanced one. To rephrase, given a selection of healthy foods, would the child eat only favorites, or choose a variety to its nutritional needs?

I am quite sure that the cafeteria did not include chocolate bars, cream puffs, peanut butter cookies, or taffy. And the hamburger + french fry combo was basically an invention of Ray Kroc.

And I enjoyed the use of 'waste' as an irony.
DJ
December 10, 2007 at 4:45 PM
mathmom said…
Hi Dan! That jives with what I remember about the research as well. The other thing I remember is that they included many food choices that we do not consider these days (obscure parts of animals, for example).

What I have read in the more recent parenting books is that some people took the study to mean, "feed your kids whatever they will eat and they will end up ok!" The parenting books point out what you did, that (depending on what is in your house) this is not a good way to feed your child. On the other hand, they do say not to worry if you are offering healthy choices and all your child will eat for a few days is peas, or cheese, or some other healthy choice.
December 11, 2007 at 7:50 PM
Anonymous said…
Ha Ha.
In other fast breaking news I prefer to read Moms blog than go to bed

Ella
July 8, 2011 at 8:49 PM
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