Many Parents Not Provide Healthy Kids Food

Children eating lunch is not healthy. (Photo: Getty Images)

EIGHT of 10 parents include unhealthy food like crisps and chocolate in lunch boxes of their children.

But the fruit is one a children's snacks are most popular with seven of the 10 children chose candy, soft drinks, and biscuits. Once the results of a study conducted by cuisine expert Annabel Karmel children.

Cheese, chips, and fruit snacks are usually given three parents for their children. One in five parents said that they give the kids a snack instead of sugary cereals healthier options such as porridge or cereal grain.

"Older starts with good intentions, but busy in their daily life. They can choose to live easier and memberikana their children unhealthy foods," s ays Caramel, who was quoted from Dailymail , Sunday (21/08/2011).

But nearly half of 1,000 parents surveyed indicated they are aware of health when they try to trick their children with healthy vegetables hidden in in pasta dishes.

Another trick that parents used to give healthy food to their children is a vegetable that is inserted when they feed the children with a sweet, include vegetables in between meals are given.

Nearly a third of children said the fungus is a favorite vegetable than spinach and broccoli. While spaghetti bolognese is another favorite dish for children.

But the classic Italian food is more popular with children in the South East region, with 52 percent saying it is a favorite food comestible them compared with 32 percent of children in the North East area.

The UK has the highest rate of obesity in Europe, with 25 percent of young people classified as obese or ove rweight. Government Foresight report states, that this will only get worse, with an estimated 40 percent of Britons will be obese by 2025.

(NSA)