Many schools in the US have reported that fruits and vegetables are feeding trash cans rather than students.

Seven schools within the district participated in the study, three of which switched recess to before lunch and four continued to hold recess after lunch.
After analysing a total of 22,939 observations, the researchers concluded that in the schools that switched recess to before lunch, children ate 54 percent more fruits and vegetables.
There was also a 45 percent increase in those eating at least one serving of fruits and vegetables.
Many schools in the US have reported that fruits and vegetables are feeding trash cans rather than students.
The researchers measured fruit and vegetable waste by standing next to the trash cans and recording the number of servings of fruits and vegetables that each student consumed or threw away.
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Source-Medindia