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Ratings of liking for vegetables and fruit served to preschool children as a snack1
| Liking rating |
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| Yummy |
Okay |
Yucky |
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| Food | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Vegetables | ||||||
| Cucumber | 27 | 50 | 15 | 28 | 12 | 22 |
| Sweet pepper | 23 | 43 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 44 |
| Tomato | 29 | 54 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 30 |
| Fruit | ||||||
| Apple | 47 | 87 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| Peach | 39 | 72 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 9 |
| Pineapple | 45 | 83 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 4 |
Ratings were provided by 54 of the 61 children in the study.
