Those Suprising Kids

Here’s an item for your miracles-can-happen file. It seems that kids are showing a greater inclination to choose healthy foods as snacks. A report by The NPD Group says the usual salty snacks still account for about one-quarter of the snacks kids consume, and confectionary items constitute another 14 percent. But some healthier foods are showing brisk growth. In fact, for younger kids (i.e., the 2-12 cohort), yogurt is the fastest-growing snack food. Kids in the 2-7 age bracket “ate yogurt as a snack nearly 14 times more per person in 2003 than they did in 1999,” while those in the 8-12 range chose it as a snack 8.5