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Study Shows Reduced Fat Diets for Kids May Meet
Their Nutritional Needs
Children can reduce their fat intake and still
meet their nutritional needs - a good way to help
protect them against the risk of future heart
disease, according to a study of Pennsylvania
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The study, reported
in the November issue of the American Academy
of Pediatrics journal Pediatrics,
indicate that children between the ages of 4 and 10
show no ill effects when they reduce the overall
intake of high-fat foods and replace them with
lower-fat foods within the same fats/oils, meat,
eggs, dairy and bread food groups. The children had
the best results when they made changes in their
dairy intake - particularly by replacing whole milk
with skim milk. The research team from
Pennsylvania State University, Children's Hospital
of Pennsylvania and the University of
Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
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studied 303
children over a 3-month span. The children who
reduced their average percent of categories from
total fat did so under guidelines established by the National Cholesterol Education Program.
The researchers say the kids
who reduced their fat content tended to consume more fruits,
vegetables and low-fat desserts. And their intake averaged
two-thirds above the recommended daily allowance for all
nutrients with the exception of vitamin D.
What the kids didn't do is eliminate foods from food groups, and
that's considered important by the researchers. They see simple
switches in diet, rather than difficult dietary modification, as
the best way to help young children reduce high cholesterol
levels and reduce their weight.
McNeil is a division of Johnson & Johnson. The company says it
is continuing a campaign designed to inform parents on how to
use over-the-counter medications safely; over the weekend, the
company announced it will put warnings on Children's Tylenol to
advise parents of the risks of overdosing the medication,
particularly among infants. Cases of liver cancer have been
attributed to acetaminophen overdoses.
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