EUFIC: Are Parents Over-Feeding Their Children?

Is the Pope Catholic?

"As Britain celebrates 'Parents Week' a study from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC) suggest that many parents are confused as to how much they should feed their children. For example, 35% of parents surveyed mistakenly thought that children needed more calories (sic) than adults."

Is this person, Dr. Wills, a moron?

"'Parents actively search for nutrition information on the food they buy and want to provide their children with a balanced diet,' explained Dr Josephine Wills, Director General of EUFIC. 'The trouble is that they often don't have some of the very basic information such as how many calories a child should eat each day and so risk over-feeding their children. With obesity levels in children at an all time high in the UK, understanding how much to feed becomes as important as understanding what to feed. A clear understanding of nutrition plays an important role in public health.'

'The good news is that nutrition knowledge among Britain's parents appears to be pretty good. The greatest problem is confusion around good fats and bad fats.' continued Wills."

Yes.

Fat, whether it is considered a "good" or "bad" one, has for all practical purposes the same number of Calories, nine, per gram.

With "information" like this, small wonder people remain stupid about Calories in vs. Calories out.

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