From Your Health Journal…..”EMax Health is a great web site, and I highly recommend your visiting their site to read some great articles like the one being reviewed here today. Modern day children are not only eating too many snacks per day, but poor choices when it comes to eating healthy. According to experts, children today snack an average of 3 times per day in comparison to 1 time per day with children from 30 years ago. For a study, children were divided into 4 snacking groups: 1. Potato chips only 2. Cheese only 3. Vegetables only 4. Cheese plus vegetables – as it turns out, the children who snacked on cheese and vegetables consumed significantly less calories than those who just had potato chips. Now, this is not a surprise, but it does support the fact that healthy choices at meals and snacks are key to keeping your children slim. Check out the full story at EMax health.”
From the article…..
Snacking contributes heavily to the problem of childhood obesity. According to experts, children today snack an average of 3 times per day in comparison to 1 time per day with children from 30 years ago. However, it’s not just the number of times a day a child snacks that is the problem, but the type of snacks eaten – in particular, fat-laden snacks like potato chips that do little to fill a growing body as well as appetite.
In a recent study published online in the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers from the Food and Brand Laboratory at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, designed an experiment to see whether children would consume fewer calories with high-nutrient dense snacks consisting of cheese and vegetables in comparison to children offered non-nutrient dense snacks.
The study involved 102 third through sixth grade children who were randomly divided into 4 groups consisting of 4 snacking environments:
1. Potato chips only
2. Cheese only
3. Vegetables only
4. Cheese plus vegetables
During the snacking study the children were allowed to snack as they pleased while watching 2 forty-five minute long TV programs. Before, during and after the TV programs, the children were each evaluated as to how full they felt while snacking.
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