Kids Say Food in McDonald's Wrappers Just Tastes Better

— By Jen Phillips

| Tue Aug. 7, 2007 3:47 PM PDT

Whether it's milk, carrots, or apple juice, kids ages 3-5 think food just tastes better when wrapped in the golden arches of McDonald's, a recent study finds.

To learn more about the study, continue reading this post on our science and health blog, The Blue Marble.

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Submitted by gvc (not verified) on Wed Aug. 8, 2007 3:54 PM PDT.

Wonder if we put Schlitz beer into Becks beer bottles, a majority of bar-flies would say it tasted better than Schlitz?

And I wonder if I'd be inclined to get upset about the verification of that well established psychological phenomenon?

Submitted by Josh Boelter (not verified) on Thu Aug. 9, 2007 5:27 AM PDT.

I guess parents should start putting broccoli in Big Mac wrappers and tell their kids it's the new McBroc.

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