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For Kids, a Full Plate Counts, Not Calories

Kids who eat lower-calorie meals won'tconsumption to no more than 12 ounces,
snack more later, as long as they areor about two servings, per week.
eating about the same amounts they areThe newest recommendation comes from the
accustomed to. Researchers presentedNational Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
those findings yesterday at the ObesityCoalition, a nonprofit group that
Society's annual meeting in New Orleans,focuses on childhood health issues. That
reports USA Today. For four days overgroup's scientific advisors say that
two weeks, researchers at Pennsylvaniapregnant women and nursing mothers
State University fed 26 children at ashould eat at least 12 ounces of fish
child-care center breakfast, lunch andper week. Although both recommendations
snack, and gave them take-home dinnersacknowledge that pregnant women can
and snacks.safely eat about two servings a week,
The same menu was served each week, butfears of mercury contamination in
one week the kids were given low-fat andseafood have prompted many pregnant
low-sugar versions of the foods as wellwomen to forgo fish entirely.
as more vegetables. The changes includedAnd here's the conundrum: an increasing
1 percent milk instead of whole, fruitnumber of studies indicate that omega-3
served in juice instead of syrup, andfatty acids, found mostly in fish, are
pasta made with low-fat dairy and pureedessential to brain development in
vegetables.fetuses and newborns. Earlier this year,
The researchers wanted to know if thea report in The Lancet, a medical
kids would naturally compensate for thejournal, concluded that women who had
reduced-calorie menus by eating extraeaten more than 12 ounces of fish per
amounts later in the day or theweek during pregnancy produced better
following day. But they didn't. Instead,developed, more intelligent children.
they ate about the same amount they had"Advice that limits seafood consumption
previously, consuming 400 fewer caloriesmight reduce the intake of nutrients
over the two days they were served thenecessary for optimum neurological
lower-calorie foods. "People tend to eatdevelopment," wrote scientists from the
the same weight of food from day to day,National Institutes of Health and the
and that's what these kids did," PennUniversity of Illinois at Chicago.
State nutritionist Barbara Rolls told"The real problem here are the women who
the newspaper.are just eliminating fish from their
The lesson for parents who are worrieddiet," said Judy Meehan, executive
about their child's weight is to come updirector of the National Healthy
with lower-calorie versions of theirMothers, Healthy Babies Coalition.
kid's favorite foods. Use skim milk and"Eating 12 ounces is a very safe, smart
low-fat dairy products, for example, ormove, and nobody is disputing that.''
substitute pureed vegetables in recipes.While none of the research cited
Should Pregnant Women Eat More Seafood?yesterday in the coalition's
For years, pregnant and nursing womenrecommendations has been funded by the
have been warned to limit the amount offish industry, the coalition is using a
fish they eat, because many marinegrant from the National Fisheries
species may contain high levels ofInstitute, a seafood industry group, to
mercury, which endangers newborns andfund its educational campaign, according
fetuses. Yesterday, however, ato Ms. Meehan.
children's health group challenged theFor women who want the health benefits
conventional wisdom, advising pregnantbut worry about mercury and other
women and nursing mothers to eat moretoxins, the wisest course is to choose
fish so as to ensure optimal brainfish with the lowest levels of mercury.
development in their babies.A recent report in The Journal of the
Fearing mercury contamination, manyAmerican Medical Association concluded
pregnant women avoid seafood altogether.that the health benefits are likely
That may actually harm newborns,greatest from such oily fish as salmon,
according to some scientists. (Johnherring and sardines - which are all
McConnico for The New York Times) What'sgenerally low in mercury anyway. Among
going on here? Currently, the Food andthe fish to avoid are shark, swordfish,
Drug Administration advises pregnantking mackerel and tilefish, all of which
women to limit their weekly seafoodmay contain high levels of mercury.



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