article_snippet: Poorer families are more likely to eat chicken nuggets and chips for dinner, while wealthier households consume more salad and rice, new research has revealed.
article_snippet: At the top end of the scale, children eat more salad and rice, but as income decreases more chips, wedges, chicken nuggets and noodles are consumed.
article_snippet: New research shows children from lower income families are more frequently consuming chips than children from lower income families are salads .
article_snippet: aged 6-13 will eat rice every week, while 55 per cent will also have salad at some stage.
article_snippet: Less than half will eat hot chips, fries, or wedges, while just over a third will consume noodles.
article_snippet: Around a quarter of these children will eat chicken nuggets during an average week.
article_snippet: With each successive drop in socioeconomic status, children in the household are less likely to eat rice or salad, and more likely to eat noodles or chicken nuggets.
article_snippet: Kids from wealthier families will see more salad on the table, with 55 per cent consuming the greens in an average week .
article_snippet: At the lower end of the scale 60 per cent of children will consume chips, wedges or fries, but only 44 per cent will eat a salad during an average week.
article_snippet: Noodles are on the menu for 55 per cent of Kids from wealthier families, chicken nuggets are eaten by 40 per cent, and just half of Kids from wealthier families will see rice on Kids from wealthier families table. '
article_snippet: The presence of rice at mealtimes has increased, and 62 per cent of kids at the higher end of the spectrum have The presence of rice at mealtimes each week . '
article_snippet: For example, price alone does not fully explain the inverse changes in popularity for rice and noodles among children across socio-economic quintiles.'
article_snippet: Noodles and hot chips are eaten more frequently than salads in lower socioeconomic households .
article_snippet: Noodles are on the menu each week more often for children whose parents earn a lower income, over wealthier families .
highlights_snippet: New research shows children from lower income families are more frequently consuming chips than children from lower income families are salads .
  
highlights_snippet: Families with a higher income are more likely to eat salads and rice .
  