Michelle Morton tries to buy only healthy foods at the supermarket for their children, 15, 11 and 7 years old. But, she says, this is a challenge, especially for the morning, when you must make sure that none of them lose time while trying to make them eat porridge.
"It's the time of day we have less time, so I end up giving in, like, 'ok, we had to eat cornflakes today except in atrasaríamos'" says Morton. "This has been the hardest for me."
The struggle daily morning and is not exclusive to Michelle Morton and their children. Experts in the health field have long been warning for neglect of infant feeding. Today, 17% of all children and adolescents in the United States are obese, triple the rate a generation ago. The rate in Brazil is slightly smaller: 10%. The typical American diet
also does not cooperate. A study published in 2000 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that 27% of their total daily energy of an average citizen of the United States comes from junk food such as ice cream, fast food and frozen food.
And most people do not realize the critical state in which the eating habits of the country reached: 90% of Americans claim to follow a healthy diet, according to a recent survey, although the weight and general health of the population suggests that this is not the case.
"Many people think that what they eat is healthy: frozen ready meals, ice cream, fat-free snack with only 100 calories ... or they say they never eat fast food. Only it does not mean that all other foods they eat are healthy, "says Molly Kimball, registered dietitian at the Wellness Center Ochsner Elmwood, New Orleans, USA.
And that has serious consequences: obesity leaves children at greater risk for a host of health problems including diabetes, heart disease and even cancer. Today, about 151,000 children under 20 already have diabetes type 1 or 2 in the United States. And in recent two decades, type 2 diabetes - formerly known as adult diabetes - has been reported in children and adolescents with increasing frequency.
Apart from the rush, another crucial component to poor nutrition of children, according to Eileen Kennedy, a psychologist in pediatric Cleveland, Ohio, is the lack of meal planning. "We have a wide availability of fast food options and there is always a coffee shop open next to families," he says.
She also comments on the general lack of importance given to planning meals in American culture. "It is common that situation when the clock strikes six, children begin to ask what is going to have to eat that night and the parents have no idea, "she notes.
The solution here is to visit the fast-food restaurant around the corner that is so easy and simple, is fast becoming a routine. "People will choose the most convenient to us to take an active decision and make a good planning on foods that from then on will be present at dinner," he says.
Instead, Kennedy advises families to plan their meals earlier in the week so they can cook and eat together - healthy meals - always possible. [LiveScience]
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