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April 22, 2010
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- Why Eating Lunch Can Be Bad For Your Health...
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Why Eating Lunch Can Be Bad For Your Health...
Dear Reader,
Here's some research parents will want to hear about... more than one in three middle schoolers who eat school lunches are either obese or overweight, and are also more likely to have high bad cholesterol levels than kids who bring a lunch from home.
It seems that efforts to make healthier choices a part of school lunch menus still have a good way to go. Earlier research in this area has examined the nutritional content of school lunches; this is the first effort to assess the impact of those lunches on kid's eating habits (and overall health as well).
"The school environment is an excellent opportunity we should not be missing to teach kids to make healthy choices, both in terms of food and exercise," says Elizabeth Jackson MD, MPH an assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan Health System. And with skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity, many experts are worried about young people setting themselves up for future health problems before they're able to understand the consequences.
"One-third of kids in the U.S. are now overweight or obese, which means one-third of kids are at risk of heart disease and diabetes as they age. That scares me," Jackson warns.
The research, presented March 13, 2009 at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, involved 1,076 Michigan area middle school students who answered questionnaires that covered what they ate, how active they were, and the number of hours they did things like watching TV, playing video games and spending time on the computer each day.
The researchers also collected data on student weight, height, blood glucose and cholesterol levels. The subjects were then divided into three groups, depending on whether they said they always or almost always ate school lunch, always or almost always brought a lunch from home, or did either one or the other.
The kids who ate school lunch...
- Were more likely to be overweight or obese (38.2% vs. 24.7%) and had higher levels of bad cholesterol.
- Were more likely to eat two or more servings of fatty meats, fried chicken or hot dogs, each day - 6.2% vs. 1.6%.
- Were more likely to have two or more sugar-sweetened drinks daily (19% vs. 6.8%).
- Were less likely to eat at least two servings of fruits (32.6% vs. 49.4%) or vegetables (39.9% vs. 50.3%) a day.
What's more, the kids who ate school lunch were less likely to take part in activities like basketball, or team sports than the kids who ate lunches from home.
School lunch eaters also spent more time watching TV, playing video games and being on the computer after school.
So should the parents of the estimated 30.6 million U.S. students who eat school lunch start packing one from home?
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Why Eating Lunch Can Be Bad For Your Health... Continued...
As any parent of an independent-minded middle schooler can attest, packing the
nutritious foods is no guarantee they won't be traded or tossed aside in favor
of choices from vending machines or the local store. It's better to work with
your school to make lunches healthier -with less salt and fat, and more fiber.
Rather surprising that only 6% of school lunch programs currently meet the requirements
established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
To help your own kids, be sure to offer healthy food choices at home. And don't
forget the exercise. This can be something as simple as walking to school or
helping out with chores around the house.
You'll also want to remember that eating patterns are especially important during
the middle school years when kids start to get more independent. The choices
they make during this time will shape their eating and exercising habits as they
get older. Now's your chance to help ensure those choices are healthy ones.
To your good health,
Kirsten Whittaker
Daily Health Bulletin Editor
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Sources:
http://children.webmd.com/news/20100315/school-lunches-linked-to-kids-obesity?src=RSS_PUBLIC
American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific Session, Atlanta, 3/14-16/10:
http://www.expo.acc.org/ACC10/public/e_ExhibitorHome.aspx
Session text, "Children Who Eat School Lunches More Likely To Be Overweight":
http://www.acc.org/media/acc_scientific_session_2010/press/saturday/
ACC10_Jackson210am.pdf
Elizabeth Jackson, MD, MPH, assistant professor of internal medicine, University of Michigan Health System:
http://www2.med.umich.edu/healthcenters/provider_profile.cfm?
individual_id=144348
University of Michigan Health System 3.13.10 news release on study:
http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1514
Michael Barrett, MD, clinical professor of medicine,
Temple University, Philadelphia:
http://www.temple.edu/medicine/faculty/b/barrettm.asp
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