A small experiment in which photographs of vegetables were placed in the tray compartments for school lunches has had some success in boosting vegetable intake in one US elementary school [1].I have dealt with Traci Mann before. See here.
Dr Maria Reicks (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis) and colleagues say in their research letter in the February 1, 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association that cardiovascular risk factors related to obesity often take root in childhood, so convincing children to eat more healthily is a major goal of the public-health community.
They compared school lunches on two days--one a control day where lunch was served as normal, and the second an intervention day where the photos were used. Other than adding the photos to the trays, cafeteria procedures were otherwise identical, and the same meal was served on both days.
Coauthor psychologist Dr Traci Mann (University of Minnesota), told heartwire that she doesn't think this specific intervention has been tried before and that the inspiration came from an experiment where supermarket trolleys were divided into compartments and labeled, which was successful in persuading shoppers to buy more fruits and vegetables.
IMHO, she is about as FOS as it gets.
Note the one day only study.
Also note that there were no data on total Calories consumed.
That is what matters.
More crap.
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