Showing posts with label children's meals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children's meals. Show all posts
Monday, 24 June 2013
Thursday, 14 June 2012
Children's meals in some pubs and fast food chains remain far too high in salt
The Independent reports
on new survey findings by CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and Health). "Children's meals at some of the UK's leading pub and fast
food chains contain more salt than they should eat in an entire day, a
study has found." Perhaps surprisingly, "Nando's and Wetherspoons
both had children's meals containing three times as much salt as a McDonald's
Happy Meal of a hamburger and fries. " I recommend that parents read the
whole article.
There are healthier options
available, but parents are hampered if they are looking for the healthier low
salt options for their children because menus lack nutritional information. -
Even now! - After years of warnings about the harm that high salt intake does to
children and the dangers to their long-term health when they become addicted to
salt in childhood. - Even now! - Even now parts of the Food
Industry are continuing to ladle vast amounts of salt into children's meals,
without providing the necessary information that these levels of salt
are dangerous to health. - Heightened risk of high blood pressure,
increased risk of stroke, heart disease, osteoporosis, asthma and kidney disease: these
are the free accompaniments to highly salted children's
meals...
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Children's health is being damaged and their lives shortened because they are eating too much salt and salty food
Children's health is being damaged and their lives shortened because they are eating too much salt and salty food. See Children are vulnerable to salt. It is important to protect children from processed foods/salty snacks/ready meals and the like. Children are more at risk from their salt intake than adults are.
Children are especially vulnerable to salt because of their small size and small blood volume, and because their blood vessels are weaker than those of adults. Salt, and the water it attracts to it, can more easily distend weak blood vessels than fully mature ones. The resulting increase in blood volume and other fluid retention results in weight gain, as well as higher blood pressure and many other undesirable consequences. The smaller the child, the less salt they should have - and a baby, of course, should have no salt at all. - Babies can die if they are fed salty food.
Because children have much smaller bodies than adults it would be best if they had no more than half as much salt as adults. Most children, however, have much more than this because they eat so many snacks and instant foods. Just one cheeseburger, for instance, contains almost double the recommended daily salt maximum for children. There are high amounts of salt in packet soups, instant noodles, ketchup and sauces, sausages, burgers and savoury snacks. Fat children will lose weight fast if they eat less salt. And even faster still if they eat plenty of fresh fruit and unsalted vegetables, because these are rich in potassium, which helps to displace sodium from the body. Overweight children should not be put on a diet; dieting is harmful and unnecessary and does not usually result in weight loss. Once children start dieting it is often the beginning of a lifetime of yo-yo dieting and increasing weight and ill-health.
Unfortunately bread contains a lot of salt and most families eat quite a lot of bread because of using it for sandwiches in packed lunches, and for toast, etc. Because of its high salt content bread is not a healthy food for little children or for anyone who is overweight. Some bread manufacturers have lowered the salt content of certain loaves, but most bread still usually contains 0.5g or more of sodium per 100g. This is too much. - Always check on the packet; look for the lowest sodium content.
Cheese is often recommended as being good for children because it contains calcium, but cheese is not really good for children because it has a high salt content. So don't give them a lot of it. Children can get plenty of calcium by drinking milk and by eating dairy yogurt (but avoid non-dairy yogurt and low-fat yogurt and the sort of yogurt that has added sugar or sweeteners, colours or other synthetic chemical additives).
Children are especially vulnerable to salt because of their small size and small blood volume, and because their blood vessels are weaker than those of adults. Salt, and the water it attracts to it, can more easily distend weak blood vessels than fully mature ones. The resulting increase in blood volume and other fluid retention results in weight gain, as well as higher blood pressure and many other undesirable consequences. The smaller the child, the less salt they should have - and a baby, of course, should have no salt at all. - Babies can die if they are fed salty food.
Because children have much smaller bodies than adults it would be best if they had no more than half as much salt as adults. Most children, however, have much more than this because they eat so many snacks and instant foods. Just one cheeseburger, for instance, contains almost double the recommended daily salt maximum for children. There are high amounts of salt in packet soups, instant noodles, ketchup and sauces, sausages, burgers and savoury snacks. Fat children will lose weight fast if they eat less salt. And even faster still if they eat plenty of fresh fruit and unsalted vegetables, because these are rich in potassium, which helps to displace sodium from the body. Overweight children should not be put on a diet; dieting is harmful and unnecessary and does not usually result in weight loss. Once children start dieting it is often the beginning of a lifetime of yo-yo dieting and increasing weight and ill-health.
Unfortunately bread contains a lot of salt and most families eat quite a lot of bread because of using it for sandwiches in packed lunches, and for toast, etc. Because of its high salt content bread is not a healthy food for little children or for anyone who is overweight. Some bread manufacturers have lowered the salt content of certain loaves, but most bread still usually contains 0.5g or more of sodium per 100g. This is too much. - Always check on the packet; look for the lowest sodium content.
Cheese is often recommended as being good for children because it contains calcium, but cheese is not really good for children because it has a high salt content. So don't give them a lot of it. Children can get plenty of calcium by drinking milk and by eating dairy yogurt (but avoid non-dairy yogurt and low-fat yogurt and the sort of yogurt that has added sugar or sweeteners, colours or other synthetic chemical additives).
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Parents risk exposing their children to "overwhelmingly" high levels of fat, salt and sugar when they buy a meal at leisure parks et al.
Theme park children's meals full of salt, fat and sugar
Article in the Telegraph
Extract:
"The food served at leisure centres, theme parks, wildlife parks and heritage sites all contained levels of fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar and protein that is far in excess of recommended guidelines, the Local Government Association said.
Article in the Telegraph
Extract:
"The food served at leisure centres, theme parks, wildlife parks and heritage sites all contained levels of fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar and protein that is far in excess of recommended guidelines, the Local Government Association said.
Environmental health and trading standards officers from councils across the UK tested 397 different meals for seven to 10-year-olds at 220 sites for a day out.
None of the meals complied with the School Food Trust (SFT) recommendations for healthier food designed to tackle Britain's growing child obesity problem."
It is high SALT intake that causes child obesity.
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Lose weight, reduce your risk of most cancers, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, stroke, heart disease, angina, vascular dementia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, hypercholesterolaemia, depression, liver and kidney problems, and improve your health in many other ways without drugs or expense by eating less salt! - Try it! - You will feel so much better!
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