News: A Little Sugar and Fat Is OK for Kids

This week's new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics are emphasizing a more flexible approach to nutrition:

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us A Little Sugar and Fat Is OK for Kids This week’s new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics are emphasizing a more flexible approach to nutrition: if your kids won’t eat healthier whole foods unless you add a little fat or sugar, then you should go right ahead. Basically, parents shouldn’t focus solely on cutting out “bad” foods from their kids’ diets, but rather on using them judiciously to help make healthy food palatable. So how should you go about it? Nicholas English Content Manager of About.com Health Should Health-Focused Parents “Let Them Eat Cake”? By David L. Katz, MD Childhood Obesity Expert READ NOW   Share Getting Kids to Love Food That Loves Them Back By David L. Katz, MD Childhood Obesity Expert READ NOW   Share What Last Week’s News Means for Children and Cholesterol By David L. Katz, MD Childhood Obesity Expert READ NOW   Share Household Rules That Encourage a Healthy Attitude Toward Food By Amy Morin Discipline Expert READ NOW   Share TRENDING NOW • Joy Bauer’s 7 Healthiest Dessert Recipes • The Best Protein Shake for Health and Strength • Why Kids Shouldn’t Take Aspirin • The Number One Reason We Don’t Exercise and What to Do About It • Kettlebells and Yoga: The Perfect Union • The Surprising Benefits of Fidgeting Advertisement About Health   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Health newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved