The presenter of GB News, Stephen Dixon, revealed that he had become a vegetarian at the tender age of five after a childhood revelation in his family cuisine.
The host shared that the moment that changed life occurred when he saw his mother prepare a chicken for cooking.
Speaking on GB News, Stephen Dixon said: “It is nonsense. School dinners are a recipe for success for difficult eaters. Well, I was a difficult eater because I was a vegetarian of the age of five.
“I am still. I saw my mother stuff a chicken and the penny fell.”
Stephen Dixon revealed that he had made the decision of life at the age of five
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“This chicken was a chicken. And that was everything, I thought no, I don’t want to eat that. And I still don’t eat meat to date. I have never looked back.”
The presenter reacted to research from the University of Bristol who suggests that school dinners could encourage adolescents that are difficult to follow a more varied and balanced diet.
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The study aroused a debate on the best approaches to help young people develop healthier eating habits.
The research led by the University of Bristol has analyzed data of more than 5,300 children, according to their preschool age habits at 13 years old.
Published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietics, the results reveal interesting models in adolescent eating behaviors.
The researchers examined information from the Longitudinal AVON study of parents and children, also known as the study of “children of the 90s”.
The research team has sought to understand how difficult eating behaviors change over time as children become adolescents.
Their analysis suggests that when the point -of -children were able to choose their own food at school, they ate a wider variety compared to those who brought lunches home.
The study revealed that difficult eaters at 13 years old were more likely than non -sharp children to avoid meat, fish and fruit in their lunches.
The study revealed that difficult eaters at the age of 13 were more likely than children not picked to avoid meat, fish and fruits in their wrapped lunches
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However, the researchers noted that there was little evidence of these same difficult eaters who avoid these foods when they have school dinners.
“Our results suggest that certain difficult eating behaviors persist while others can be changed in adolescents when they are far from direct family influence,” said the study.
Researchers have concluded that “family standards have a stronger influence on the content of crowded lunch than on school dinner choices where the child has more autonomy and can be influenced by their peers”.