Children addicted to ultra processed food
Thanks for sharing this survey report on damage ultra processed foods are doing to young kids and teenagers and population as a whole.
https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/ultra-processed-foods-survey
As a mother of A 14 and a 12 year old I can tell you first hand that ever since my kids spent 3 months with grandparents in Gurugram in 2020 they are addicted to sweet foods, aerated or sweet drinks, chips basically packaged high fat salt and sugar food. With every meal, they have to have these things, even an Indian mithai is not acceptable to younger one.
And there should be no question of not putting a red label on such foods. Of course coke pepsi, itc, britannia, parle, cadburys nestle will not like it but the govt has to to put consumer and public health first and be a business facilitator second.
Mind you me these foods are the new drugs and if we dont act we will have diabetes and heart disease in the country of unimaginable proportions more
https://www.localcircles.com/a/press/page/ultra-processed-foods-survey
As a mother of A 14 and a 12 year old I can tell you first hand that ever since my kids spent 3 months with grandparents in Gurugram in 2020 they are addicted to sweet foods, aerated or sweet drinks, chips basically packaged high fat salt and sugar food. With every meal, they have to have these things, even an Indian mithai is not acceptable to younger one.
And there should be no question of not putting a red label on such foods. Of course coke pepsi, itc, britannia, parle, cadburys nestle will not like it but the govt has to to put consumer and public health first and be a business facilitator second.
Mind you me these foods are the new drugs and if we dont act we will have diabetes and heart disease in the country of unimaginable proportions more
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Please please do not blame the grandparents for the parents shortcomings in educating children. Today, many grandparents are employed to look after kids (which they do gladly, out of love) or kids are sent to them for very short times, where grandparents tend to indulge them. more
Jan 17
Red label or label of any other colour, nothing will work. Whatever you do as parents works reluctantly for a while within the four walls of your home. Once the children are out with loaded pocket money they are guided purely by PEER INFLUENCE which is paramount to them. Majority of the parents do not know what their children are actually doing outside. Truth is bitter. Reality is different. more
Jan 16
Please please do not push on labeling or regulations by government on this. I also know in NY city they tried to do this strict regulations and labeling. No positive results found. The best thing works without raising cost to taxpayers is education. We can teach children from young age and make public service announcements. Sangita Baruah I would love to see you start an education champaign to teach school children and adults about dangers of processed food. more
Jan 15
Red lable will at least bring that the food item being consumed is not healthy. The way the cancerous nature of tobacco consumption warns the user. But the real influencers against the use of sweet and double fried and salty food will always be the parents and the teachers. more
Jan 15
Thank you for stating that. You are absolutely correct. This we need to teach children and mainly parental responsibility. more
Jan 15
