雅思阅读精选：家庭进餐促进孩子的蔬果摄入量_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读精选：家庭进餐促进孩子的蔬果摄入量

　　Parents were also asked questions about their attitudes to fruit and vegetables, such as On average, how many nights a week does your family eat at a table? and Do you cut up fruit and vegetables for your child to eat?

　　The study found 656 families said they always ate meals together at a table, 768 sometimes did, while 92 families never did so.

　　Children in the always group ate five portions of fruit and vegetables, compared with 4.6 in the sometimes group and 3.3 in the never.

　　That equates to the always group eating 125g more fruit and veg, and the sometimes group eating 95g more a day than the never group.

　　Seeing parents eat fruit and vegetables - and cutting up portions for children both boosted their intake.

　　Future habits

　　The researchers say that, while this study gives a picture of eating habits on one day, it was able to investigate the diets of a large, diverse population.

　　Meaghan Christian, who conducted the study as part of her PhD, said: Modern life often prevents the whole family from sitting round the dinner table, but this research shows that even just Sunday lunch round the table can help improve the diets of our families.

　　She added: We spend a lot of time looking at interventions at school. But this is showing how important parents are in terms of fruit and vegetable consumption.