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Article: IS IT OK FO FEE KIDS THE SAME HEALTHY FOODS EVERY NIGHT?
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 21, 2006
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No. Variety matters, and it's especially important to get variety
in vegetables.
Kids can be balky eaters, but, ideally, they should learn to enjoy
a wide range of foods in order to get all the nutrients they need,
said Jeanne Cox, a pediatric nutritionist at Johns Hopkins Hospital
in Baltimore. Feeding kids green beans every night, for instance,
means they are not getting other nutrients they need.
"They need broccoli, carrots, the orange and yellow vegetables in
addition to the dark green," said Cox.
The best approach, she said, is to offer small portions of a
healthy protein, such as meat, fish, eggs, or poultry, along with a
healthy starch like whole grain rice or even potatoes or pasta, ...