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Dairy Council Digest Archives
Healthy Snacking For Healthy Kids
An Overview of Kids' Snacking
Healthy snacking during childhood and adolescence can help support adequate growth and development, and may help lay the foundation for lifelong healthful eating behaviors (1). However, many parents and health professionals are concerned that children's snacking has contributed to the rising prevalence of childhood overweight (2-4) and decrease in the nutritional quality of children's diets (5,6). Fifteen percent of children aged 6 through 19 years are overweight (7) and only 2% of U.S. children aged 2 to 19 years meet the Food Guide Pyramid serving recommendations for all five food groups (8,9).
Studies indicate that more children are snacking and snacking more frequently today than in past decades and snacks are increasingly being obtained away from home (2,5,10-13). Between 1977 and 1996, the contribution of daily energy intake by snacking increased 30% (2). Popular snacks tend to be energy dense, nutrient poor foods such as chips, cookies, candy bars, and regular soft drinks (10,14).
The challenge is to provide children and adolescents with snacks that help meet their nutrient needs without contributing to excess energy intake (overweight) or poor eating habits. This Digest reviews kids' snacking, including when and where they snack, what foods are selected as snacks, and influences on their snack food choices. Strategies for encouraging healthful snacks for healthy kids are presented. Also discussed are the nutritional and health benefits of dairy foods as snacks for children and adolescents.
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