But under the country’s school meal rules set in 2017,Parrish and other students must take at least three items—including one fruit or vegetable—even if they don’t want them.　3　 

　　“We should stop forcing children to take food they don’t like and throw it in the garbage,” Binkle said.

　　　4　 They point to studies that show that repeated exposure to fruits and vegetables leads children to eat more of them in the future.That,in turn,could help prevent obesity and related diseases,said William J.McCarthy,a professor at University of California,Los Angeles.So,the cost of wasted food “is a small investment”,he said. 

　　The concerns over the cost of wasted food have made the School Nutrition Association start working to change the child nutrition law.

　　“We just want changes that don’t unnecessarily increase cost and force students to take foods they have no intention of eating,” said Julia Bauscher,the group’s president-elect.

　　　5　 Juliana Cohen,a Harvard University nutrition researcher,said the rules have helped children—especially low-income students who get up to half their daily calories from school meals—eat more nutritious food. 

　　The solution to food waste,Cohen said,isn’t to roll back the rules but to find other ways to encourage children to eat their vegetables.Working with chefs to make meals tastier and planting school gardens are both ways to do so,Cohen and McCarthy argue.

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