Portion size

Here’s an article of interest from WebMD:

Do Bigger Portions Lead to Bigger Kids?

http://aolsvc.health.webmd.aol.com/content/Article/107/108575.htm


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Portion Sizes and Childhood Obesity

Theresa, I think this is a bigger issue than the media is even leading on. I suspect that parents don't even know if the portion sizes they are giving their kids is appropriate or not. One of things we have noticed with our daughter is that she could eat a 1/4 of a cookie and be satisfied, or if you gave her the entire cookie, she would eat that also. We just need to be careful I suppose. Here is another article that describes the portion-size problem: Portion Sizes and Kids

Nutritional Guidelines

Here is another link to more information about nutritional guidelines for our children.