Low-fat diets that could put your child in peril
Parents who cut out all fat from their children's diets are placing their health at risk, scientists have warned.
Experts have long advised that a moderate intake of 'good' fats - such as olive and sunflower oils - is essential for proper growth and development.
But concerns over the rise in obesity have prompted many families to adopt low-fat regimes.
Now researchers have shown that children burn more body fat than adults for each calorie spent, which means they get rid of it more easily.
They hope this will convince parents not to go to extremes in their battle against the bulge.
16 Aug 2007
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ily.html?in_article_id=475585&in_page_id=1799
Parents who cut out all fat from their children's diets are placing their health at risk, scientists have warned.
Experts have long advised that a moderate intake of 'good' fats - such as olive and sunflower oils - is essential for proper growth and development.
But concerns over the rise in obesity have prompted many families to adopt low-fat regimes.
Now researchers have shown that children burn more body fat than adults for each calorie spent, which means they get rid of it more easily.
They hope this will convince parents not to go to extremes in their battle against the bulge.
16 Aug 2007
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...ily.html?in_article_id=475585&in_page_id=1799