ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the data which are relevant in evaluating the possibility of thus reducing a health hazard through the control of ingestion. According to reports from the National Clearing House for Poison Control house plants have replaced aspirin as the number one cause of poisoning in children and among poisonous plants are such favorites as philodendren, poinsetta, laurel, and English Ivy. While odor is supposed to dominate what is ordinarily known as flavor, taste may actually play a more inherently important role in food regulation after all. Newborn two-day old infants preferred sucrose dissolved in water over plain water as measured by the number of sucks which were recorded by a physical "sensor" in the nipple delivering the sugar and water. Good tastes are bred not born, and effort should be made to control what children eat so they will prefer what is good for them what they want as though one is running a restaurant.
