Video games fail to stoke kids’ appetite for fruit

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Healthy food advertising in the form of online games doesn’t make kids crave more wholesome snacks, according to a new study from the Netherlands. Researchers expected children to choose to eat fruit after playing games promoting fruit, given that previous research has shown so-called “advergames” to be effective marketing tools. In fact, kids in the experiment did eat more snacks after playing, but no more fruit than their peers. …