EDITORIAL: From Cartoons to Temporary Tattoos; Finding New Ways To Get Kids To Try More Seafood
Studies repeatedly show that children and adolescents are not consuming the recommended amount of seafood.
The U.S. government is continuing to buy different species of fish for school lunch programs. And just a few weeks ago the USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service finalized updates to the foods prescribed to participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to expand seafood. These types of programs make seafood more accessible to children. But is it enough? And is there more that the industry can do to make seafood offerings more appealing to kids (and parents)?
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