A connection between childhood obesity and daily salt intake has been discovered.
Researchers in Australia tracked more than 4-thousand children and found that kids who consume the most salt are more likely to drink sugary beverages. That puts them at risk of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes. Dr. Joseph Skelton is director of the Brenner FIT program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He believes most excess salt is coming from fast food, and snack foods:
"If you鈥檙e not fixing your food, you don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 going in it. So the more food you can prepare at home, even if you鈥檙e salting it for taste, your most likely going to be decreasing your child鈥檚 salt intake."
Skelton says kids should mainly drink water or skim milk. He also recommends parents focus on the positive things you can eat, instead of making it all about what you鈥檙e not supposed to have.
