Reading this story on a recently-released study, you’re almost left with the impression that two-year olds do their own grocery shopping:
“Study: Toddlers Have Poor Eating Habits”
Even before their second birthday, many American children are developing the same bad eating habits that plague the nation’s adults–too much fat, sugar and salt and too few fruits and vegetables.
A new study of more than 3,000 youngsters found significant numbers of infants and toddlers are downing french fries, pizza, candy and soda.
Children aged 1 to 2 years require about 950 calories per day, but the study found that the median intake for that age group is 1,220 calories, � an excess of nearly 30 percent. For those 7 months to 11 months old, the daily caloric surplus was about 20 percent.
Of course “many American children are developing the same bad eating habits that plague the nation’s adults” because the adults are establishing the toddlers eating habits, and not the other way around. Anyway, this is more evidence that the American trend toward obesity will continue for the foreseeable future.
If the parents don’t know any better, how could the kids have any hope?!
I have a 9 year old boy, that just wont eat the proper things. This has been an on going thing since he was about 8 months old. He just decided one day he wasnt going to eat. After a trip to the Dr’s I was informed to *give him what he will eat*. Needless to say the problem has gotten out of control. I always provide well balanced meals, buts its so frustrating when he complains, and just refuses to eat. I have had him to the Dr’s many times over the years, and was told to tell him, this is what we are having for dinner, if its not something you will eat, I will see you at breakfast. That didnt work. So now he has to take something of everything we have for dinner and is required to eat it. That doesnt go over well either.
Its so very aggrivating to take him anywhere as I know there will be a trama when it comes to meals.
Not taking him is an option but I want it get to get better.
Help!!!
I have a 2 year old boy who wont eat but 5 bites of anything all day. I dont know what to do to get him to eat. He is now even turning his nose up at candy. It seems he lives on milk because that is the only thing that he will consume. I dont know what to do, could there be something wrong with him that is making him not want to eat?