Kids More Likely To Eat Vegetables With Goofy Names, Study Says (The Huffington Post)

Who wouldn't want to eat "X-Ray Vision Carrots"?

Kids More Likely To Eat Vegetables With Goofy Names, Study Says (The Huffington Post)

Renaming fruits and vegetables with catchy, attractive monikers could more easily convince children to eat them, according to a new study. Researchers at Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab tested the likelihood that students at five ethnically and economically diverse schools schools would eat items dubbed "X-Ray Vision Carrots," "Power Punch Broccoli," "Tiny Tasty Tree Tops" and "Silly Dilly Green Beans" over the same foods labeled "Food of the Day."