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Parents are contributing to an ?epidemic of childhood obesity? by giving children food when they?re distressed and pressuring kids to eat what?s on their plate, a US obesity expert says.
Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Pennsylvania State University, Barbara Rolls, is speaking on the issue of child obesity at the Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society?s three-day conference in Auckland which starts on Thursday.
Habits which can lead to child obesity include babies being introduced to solid foods too early, snacking and children being fed large portions of unhealthy foods.
Prof Rolls says what often drives this excess intake is that parents, who grew up in a time when food may have been more scarce, are pressuring their kids to eat food, large portions and often responding to distress by giving their child food.
?These traditional practises ? which have been promoted as good health when food is scarce ? are now backfiring on us on in an obesogenic environment,? she said.
?This means kids are learning to overeat in response to big portions, to eat whenever they?re distressed and not listen to their bodies.?
If kids are pressured to eat unhealthy foods then it leads to them disliking vegetables and fruit.
Shaping a healthy appetite starts at an early age, Prof Rolls says.
?Very early on kids stop eating their vegetables, they are the most challenging food group to get kids to eat and very few are eating close to the recommended amount.?
So how do parents get their children to eat healthily?
A recent study conducted by Prof Rolls and others found that children are more likely to eat fruit over vegetables.
However, they were more likely to eat vegetables when offered a variety and ate more when portion sizes were larger.
?Portion sizes have really been vilified in the obesity epidemic. What we?re trying to do is use these very strong influences on eating behaviour in a positive way.?
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Source: http://www.lensaunders.com/wp/?p=5643
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