I loko o nā ʻohana he nui, lilo ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana o nā keiki i ke kaua maoli o nā hanauna. Hōʻole ke keiki i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ia i ka spinach a i ʻole broccoli, e ʻōwili i nā hiʻohiʻona ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai, e noi ana iā ia e kūʻai i nā lollipops, kokoleka, ice cream. He mea hoʻohui ia mau huahana ma muli o nā mea hoʻohui. I kēia manawa ua hōʻoia ʻia i ka ʻepekema ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i nā keiki e ʻai i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu he mea maʻalahi loa.
Ua hōʻike ʻia nā hopena o kahi noiʻi Australia e ʻoluʻolu a hauʻoli ke keiki e ʻai i nā mea kanu inā mālama ka makua i ka lawelawe ʻana i ka meaʻai. Ua hoʻāʻo ka Center for Deep Sensory Science ma Deakin University i kāna kumumanaʻo ma kahi hui o 72 mau keiki kula kamaliʻi. Hāʻawi ʻia kēlā me kēia keiki e komo i ke aʻo ʻana i kahi pahu 500-gram o nā kāloti peeled i hoʻokahi lā a me ka nui o nā kāloti i kālai mua ʻia i ka lā aʻe, akā me ke ʻano e pono ai lākou e ʻai i nā mea kanu e like me ko lākou makemake i loko o 10 mau minuke.
Ua ʻike ʻia ua ʻoi aku ka makemake o nā keiki e ʻai i nā kāloti ʻili ma mua o nā kāloti ʻoki ʻia.
"Ma ka laulā, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka ʻai ʻana o nā keiki i ka 8 a 10% ʻoi aku ka nui o nā huaʻai holoʻokoʻa ma mua o nā mea ʻokiʻoki. ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi no nā mākua hiki ke hoʻokomo i kahi kāloti holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole kekahi mea ʻai maʻalahi a ʻai paha i loko o kahi pahu meaʻai, "wahi a Kauka Guy Liem.
Hōʻoia kēia i ka noiʻi mua i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻoi aku ka nui o kāu meaʻai ma kāu pā, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou makemake e ʻai i ka manawa o kāu ʻai.
"ʻO ka mea hiki, hiki ke wehewehe ʻia kēia mau hopena e kahi ʻāpana ʻāpana, kahi e hana ai kahi ʻāpana i ka helu ʻai e haʻi i ke kanaka i ka nui o kāna ʻai. Ina i pau na keiki i hookahi kaloti holookoa, oia hoi hookahi, manao mua lakou e pau ia," wahi a Liem.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻike liʻiliʻi i mea e ʻai ai nā keiki i nā mea kanu a me nā huaʻai, akā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia "hoʻopunipuni" i ka hihia ʻē aʻe, ke makemake nā mākua e wean i nā keiki mai ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai pono ʻole.
"ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i kahi pahu kokoleka ma nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi e hōʻemi i ka ʻai nui ʻana o ke kokoleka," wahi a Kauka Liem.
No laila, inā hāʻawi ʻoe i kāu keiki i nā mea ʻono a me kāna mau meaʻai punahele maikaʻi ʻole, ʻoki ʻia i ʻāpana a i ʻāpana liʻiliʻi paha, e ʻai liʻiliʻi ʻo ia, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i kona lolo ke hoʻomaopopo i ka nui o kāna ʻai ʻana.
Hōʻike nā noiʻi mua e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā keiki e ʻai i nā mea kanu i ka ʻaina ahiahi i ka lā aʻe. Eia kekahi, pili ka holomua o ke keiki i ka ʻaina awakea. Ua aʻo ka poʻe ʻepekema Australia i ka pilina ma waena o ka meaʻai a me ka hana kula a ʻike i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻai meaʻai i kōkua i ka maikaʻi o ke kula.
"ʻO nā hopena e hāʻawi iā mākou i kahi ʻike hoihoi i ke kuleana o nā meaʻai meaʻai i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻike hou," wahi a ka mea kākau alakaʻi noiʻi ʻo Tracey Burroughs.