Do kids know where the food they eat comes from? More specifically, do they know whether food comes from plants or animals?

In this episode, Lu quizzes Tirth on some of the wackiest scientific journal titles, and the two discuss how American children cannot tell whether foods are animals or plants.

Timestamps:

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:22 Watermelon
• 6:04 Wacky scientific journal title quiz
• 16:46 Kids food study
• 38:32 What did you learn today, outro

Article link:

• Hahn et al., 2021. Children are unsuspecting meat eaters: An opportunity to address climate change. Journal of Environmental Psychology. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494421001584?via%3Dihub

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