Old Project Avalon Forum (ARCHIVE) - Parents believe Jaffa Cakes count towards five-a-day !? nov14th

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/ch...ive-a-day.html
This is a temperature gauge on how parents have relinquished their roles with children as responsiblity is given to "authorities"
One in 10 parents believes that Jaffa Cakes, chips and cola count towards a child's five-a-day.
By Charlotte Bailey
Last Updated: 8:52AM GMT 14 Nov 2008

In a survey into family eating habits, one in five also thought that fruit-flavoured sweets, spaghetti hoops and orange squash counted towards the daily target fruit and vegetable intake.

Furthermore, one in 20 parents thought that oranges or bananas did not count. Some 15 per cent said they did not think it was their job to teach their children about healthy eating, believing this to be the role of grandparents, teachers, doctors and celebrity chefs.
Overall, in the poll carried out for the canned food company Green Giant, only one in five families ensures that their children eat the recommended five portions a day and one in 20 children have diets totally free of fruit or vegetables.

Nutritionist Vanessa McConkey said: "It is both disappointing and concerning to see that the five-a-day message isn't getting through clearly enough to parents.

"Good eating habits start at home and British parents need to get their children into the habit of eating more vegetables and fruit."

The research comes at the same time as a university study of the dietary and exercise habits of 2,000 nine and 10-year-olds.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia found that only just over half of the children reported eating fruit or veg every day.

Only 50 per cent of boys and 57 per cent of girls say they get at least one portion on a daily basis, far less than the recommended five-a-day.

Just 41 per cent of the children said that they had at least two servings on a daily basis.

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