AMERICAN KIDS EATING TOO MUCH PIZZA Nutrition experts have identified pizza as a major cause of obesity among young children and teenagers, and theyre warning parents to be careful about serving it. A recent report found that pizza is one of the worlds favorite snacks, but its also very rich in saturated fat, sodium and calories. In the US, one in five children eat pizza on any given day, and fast food pizza is considerably more rich in calories than cafeteria pizza. They studied pizzas effect on childhood obesity over a 4-year period, and found pizza is also very common in kids diets because its so convenient. Theyre calling for ways to improve the nutritional content of pizza, along with reducing the amount of pizza eaten so that it wont be so bad for children and teens.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:27:22 +0000
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