Delaware State News – Julia Pillsbury
Starting early is the key for parents to establish healthy eating for children. The importance of good food choices should be stressed in what parents buy for their families and what they eat themselves. If you start kids off with healthy meals and snacks they’ll learn to eat those things. If you give them junk, they’ll want to just eat junk. (more)
Health 24 – Marelize Wilke
When someone is obese or overweight, excess fat gets stored in and around vital organs such as the liver. According to an article published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now the most prevalent form of chronic disease, affecting 10 to 20% of the general paediatric population worldwide. It is also predicted that it will become the biggest cause of liver failure and subsequent liver transplants in children in the next decade. (more)
Common Ground – Vesanto Melina and Kristen Yarker
While many toddlers and preschoolers aren’t fans of vegetables, thankfully, there are effective, helpful strategies less forceful than the age-old techniques of forcing kids to eat two bites of broccoli or allowing dessert only after they’ve finished their peas. The following techniques will help kids enjoy veggies now and appreciate these nutrition-packed foods when they grow up. (more)
Medical X-Press – Staff Writer
The aim of research from the Future Consumer Lab was to investigate whether children prefer their food served in a particular way and whether their gender and age make a difference with regard to their preferences. “As a researcher, I have anecdotally heard parents say that their children prefer to have their food served in a particular way, including in a specific order. But we do not have much evidence-based knowledge about how children sort and eat their food, which is very relevant when, for example, we want our children to eat more vegetables—or eat their food in general,” says Associate Professor Annemarie Olsen from the Future Consumer Lab at the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen. (more)
Pop Sugar – Laurel Niedospial
Creating healthy eating habits is so important for children. Even though I wish I could let my son eat whatever his heart desires, I know that a steady diet of fruit snacks and pizza may not be the best idea. For all kids to grow healthy and strong, they need to eat their vegetables. Frances Largeman-Roth, nutritionist, author of Eating In Color: Delicious, Healthy Recipes For You and Your Family, and mom of three, told POPSUGAR that while getting kids to eat their vegetables may not be easy, it’s well worth it. (more)