| Our current house and work habits frequently fail | | | | aren't the best-quality fuel we can feed to our |
| to permit for a regular meal schedule. People's | | | | bodily processes. Our children have an even |
| busy lives might prevent their caloric intake from | | | | greater require for energy-giving foods to |
| being evenly distributed throughout the day. | | | | promote growth and good health. |
| Dinner, frequently eaten really late and thus soon | | | | My views of childhood development and nutrition |
| followed by several hours of sleep, is typically | | | | had been enhanced and enlightened by attending a |
| people's biggest meal. When we should be | | | | seminar in Portland, Oregon, provided by Dr. |
| digesting the meals we just ate, we are often | | | | Gerard Gueniot, a medical physician from France. |
| sleeping, and throughout sleep our metabolic | | | | As he states, "children under the age of four |
| function is sluggish. | | | | don't have the same digestive capability as adults |
| Americans' fast-paced lives have also supported | | | | do; consequently it's a crime to be feeding these |
| on-the-go meals such as quick meals and | | | | toxic-filled, processed foods to young kids." |
| prepared meals, and fast blood-sugar fixes such | | | | Children (too as adults) benefit immensely from |
| as candy bars and other processed sweets. | | | | adopting a wholesome daily diet of vegetables, |
| According towards the book Quick Food Nation, | | | | fruits, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and a moderate |
| by Eric Schlosser, quick food accounts for 40 | | | | amount of high-quality protein. Parents need to |
| percent of Americans' dietary intake. Researchers | | | | set the instance for children, and aware individuals |
| from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching | | | | require to set the instance for the rest of society. |
| affiliate of Harvard Medical School, conducted a | | | | People who understand the importance of a |
| study published in the International Journal of | | | | healthy, balanced diet are responsible for teaching |
| Cancer in 2006, revealing that preschoolers who | | | | the rest from the population how important |
| regularly ate French fries had an elevated danger | | | | nutrients are in promoting health and fighting |
| for breast cancer. | | | | disease. |
| Actually, researcher Dr. Karin Michels and | | | | What better way to teach people than by |
| colleagues estimated that a woman's danger of | | | | example? It is particularly essential to share our |
| breast cancer in later life elevated by 27 percent | | | | knowledge with the children who are around us. |
| for each additional serving of French fries per | | | | Following all, they're the next leaders of our world. |
| week that she ate as a preschooler. These foods | | | | |