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Kids get junk food from grandparents, friends
According to iAfrica.com, a survey of 2000 mothers found that one in four have thought twice about allowing their kids to visit their grandparents due to concerns they will be fed junk food, biscuits and sweets. Nearly half of parents went as far as to say they had been forced to give granny and granddad rules or guidelines on their children's diets in advance of a visit.
One in three respondents has had a child arrive home in a hyperactive state due to the consumption of sweets and fizzy drinks. But despite the reservations only forty-two percent of parents have built up the courage to confront granny and granddad over what they feed their child. And of those that did nearly half said that they were just ignored.
It isn't just grandparents that are the problem. Some mothers also worry that allowing their child to have lunch or dinner with classmates or family friends means they will miss out on healthy fruit and vegetables and gorge themselves on fatty fast or frozen food, fizzy drinks, cake and ice cream, and as many as one in five have gone so far as to stop their children eating meals at certain people's houses and seeing certain friends outside of school to avoid the issue, iAfrica.com reports.
Read the full article on http://lifestyle.iafrica.com.
