Health warning…! Itlian treat is the 2nd source of calories for American children.
Pizza had the
largest impact on diet when eaten as a snack between meals.
Pizza is the second-highest source of calories for kids
ages 2 to 18, researchers have found.
They say America's love of pizza has meant about 20 percent
of youths eat pizza on any given day.
Say healthier alternatives should also be developed to stop obesity crisis
Team
call for curbs on pizza eating among youth
Kids should not eat more than one or
two slices of pizza for a meal
On days they eat pizza, children and adolescents take in
significantly more calories, fat and sodium than on days they don't, the
new study has shown.
Because it is eaten so frequently - its nutrient content
should be improved, say the researchers, whose report is published in the
journal Pediatrics.
'It's a very common and convenient food, so improving the
nutritional content of pizza, in addition to reducing the amount of pizza
eaten, could help lessen its negative nutritional impact.'
Kids should not eat more than one or two slices of pizza
for a meal, and should pair that with salad, rather than with another
high-calorie food, the researchers concluded
The researchers examined dietary recall data from youths ages
2-19 who were participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey between 2003 and 2010.
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