FIGURE 2.

Mean (±SEM) number of pieces of vegetables and fruit consumed by 61 preschool children at a snack. On different occasions, the children were offered 3 single types of vegetables and a variety of all 3 types; similar offerings of fruit were made. Children ate a greater number of pieces when a variety of types was offered than when a single type was offered (P = 0.0002, nonlinear mixed model). Children also ate a greater number of pieces of fruit than of vegetables (P < 0.0001). The pieces were of uniform size and had a mean weight of 10 g and an allowable range of 8 to 12 g. Veg., vegetable.