Obesity is the new concern for many kids in the US. A new report reveals 12 percent of them get calories from fast-food restaurants.
One earlier report revealed a figure of 11 percent for adults.
It is reported by National Center for Health Statistics about one-third of the kids eat fast food on any given day.
National Center for Health Statistics is a part of CDC.
According to senior clinical dietitian with Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Kristi King, fast food has become a go-go culture and children regularly eat equivalent of a small hamburger.
King was not involved in the study.
Fast food offers high calories and researchers believe the takeout pizza and drive-thru french fries have contributed to kids being overweight.
In past more than one decade 17 percent kids have been found obese and this is a national health concern.
Considering a period of past 30 years it has been found obesity rate in children have increased by two times. Earlier, in 1980, it was just 7 percent.
American Academy of Pediatrics president Sandra Hassink said the fast foods are now well-advertised, but the marketing is in fact wrong as obesity was once seen only in middle-aged people is now growing among children.
He added further that daily choices of food contribute to long-term chronic disease.
King suggests to make kids eat grapes, apples, whole grain crackers and string cheese sticks.
