- Diet In Children -

Receiving adequate nutrition through a well-balanced diet is critical during childhood and adolescence. Unless a doctor says otherwise, low-carb, low-fat, or other specialty diets for children who are not heavily obese are unhealthy because they deprive the body of the building blocks of cells (namely energy and lipids in the above examples).

Children who diet could actually be doing worse things for themselves and their bodies. Alison Field from Harvard Medical School stated that "Our study found that dieting was counterproductive- children who dieted gained more, not less, weight than non-dieters." Scott, R.,Jennifer "Dieting Kids May Gain Weight" 12,July,2006 [1] Children who diet tend to develop habits of overeating, or binge eating as a result of attempting to casually diet. It is suggested that children should just attempt to eat healthy instead of trying to casually diet.

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