Doesn’t it make sense to offer children a range of food choices in order to teach them how to make good eating decisions?
Actually, children are able to make good choices when they are presented with a range of healthy options. They are not able to make good choices when presented with both healthy and unhealthy options, because the deck is overwhelmingly loaded (via marketing, flavor, and the biology of appetite) in favor of the unhealthy option. We recommend offering, for example, the choice between an apple and a low-fat yogurt. We don’t recommend offering an apple or a brownie. See section on Food Rules within Home Environment.
