Children give themselves good marks when asked to evaluate their eating habits.
However, younger and older children sometimes think very differently about healthy eating, and not always the same way their parents do, suggesting the need for tailored nutrition education approaches. Although parents have the greatest influence on children's eating patterns, children do make some decisions. In the Fall of 1990, a teacher in an inner-city Canadian school became concerned about some of her Grade 3 students. Tam, who showed flashes of brilliance in mathematics, seemed constantly fatigued. Susan, a normally enthusiastic student, was having trouble concentrating.