Parents wishing to give their kids a good start to the day have good reason to be concerned about the amount of sugar in children's breakfast cereals, says the Environmental Working Group (EWG), in its recent review of 84 popular brands sold in the United States. According to EWG's analysis, the worst offender is Kellogg's Honey Smacks, which comprises nearly 56% sugar by weight; in fact, a one-cup serving of this cereal contains 20 grams of sugar, which is more than you will find in a Hostess Twinkie snack cake. And one cup of any of another 44 cereals, including the popular Cap'n Crunch and Honey Nut Cheerios, contains more sugar than three Chips Ahoy! cookies, or about three teaspoons...And therein lies the misdirection play.
Add to this the fact that the rate of childhood obesity has tripled in the US in the last three decades, to the point where now, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five children is obese, and rates of type 2 diabetes in children are also rising rapidly, and we may well be facing the unprecedented scenario that the children of today will have a shorter lifespan that their parents.
Obesity has little to nothing to do with sugar.
It has everything to do with Calories.
Until people learn that it is the Calories that are to blame and not the source, there will be no resolution of the fat kid problem.
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