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Some cereals have more sugar than Chips Ahoy cookies!
Cereal. Kids love it. It’s the highlight of every trip to the grocery store for children … and mom’s nightmare.
When I was growing up we were each allowed to pick out one box of cereal per month and keep it in our room. We could ration it as best we wanted but when it was gone we had to hop on board the giant bagged cereal program. You know, the cheap stuff.
Regardless of whether it was in a box or bag, we always went for the sugary stuff.
Now, as Shine from Yahoo reports, if your kid is eating cereal in the morning, your kid is basically eating dessert for breakfast.
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TOP TEN MOST SUGARY CEREALS. You’ll be surprised!
Now I know why the American Cancer Society stopped using birthday cakes in their "Happy Birthday" ads.
Robert Lustig is a specialist on pediatric hormone disorders and the leading expert in childhood obesity at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. According to the enormous feature in The New York Times Magazine about his theories, UCSF has one of the best medical schools in the country. Lustig published his first paper on childhood obesity over a decade ago, and he believes the leading cause of the epidemic is something we all consume every day: sugar.
But not only does Lustig believe that sugar causes obesity and diabetes in children and adults, he goes so far as to describe sugar and high fructose corn syrup as toxic, poisonous and downright evil. Times scribe Gary Taubes is upfront about the fact that after 10 years of research, he’s in complete agreement with Lustig. Early in the lengthy piece, Taubes writes, “when you bake your children a birthday cake or give them lemonade on a hot summer day, you may be doing them more harm than good, despite all the love that goes with it.” Lustig, Taubes and others believe that sugar can even cause cancer. Continue reading »
The power of the cartoon
It’s no surprise that Cap’n Crunch or the Trix rabbit attract your child to unhealthy cereal.
Who hasn’t witnessed a child’s meltdown in the cereal aisle because he wants the box with the prize inside or the cool cartoon character?
Now, a new report shows the characters can actually influence your kid’s perception of taste. Continue reading »
Ask a pediatrician why childhood obesity is a problem, and they point one finger directly toward soda. It’s just one cause of many, but soft drinks are public enemy number one as far as legislators are concerned.
The CDC has been debating the efficacy of obesity taxes on them for quite some time. So how much sugar is really IN those soft drinks? Continue reading »
Not all candy is created equal. Duh. Baby Ruth is way better than Snickers or Milky Way and those little sticks from Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip (forget the sugar powder) are awesome. But that’s not what dentists care about. In fact, Dr. Douglas Young, professor of dental practice at the University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry rates his candy based on the damage it can do to your teeth. Now, normally, I wouldn’t pay attention to this sort of thing, but since taking kids to the dentist is about as much fun as going myself, I thought this might be some good advice to keep in mind.
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The cereal aisle at the grocery store can be a bit overwhelming. With so many to different cereals to choose from, how is parent to know which one offers the best nutrition for their child? Cereal makers, assuming parents won’t turn the box over and read the fine print, have begun putting some nutrition information in large print on the front of the box. But as the Food and Drug Administration points out, this information can be misleading. Continue reading »
People lay blame all kinds of places for childhood obesity – parents, schools, television – but one very simple thing that tends to be overlooked is the corner store.
A study that followed kids in Philadelphia between January and June 2008 found that with just $1.07, they purchased an average 356 calories’ worth of food each day. And those were generally empty calories – chips, candy and sugary drinks.
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