In our fast-paced, processed-food country, it can be tough to surround your children with healthy, nutritious pre-packaged options. But when you have to reach for that box or can of kid-friendly food, TIME magazine outlines nine kid foods you might want to avoid. The major culprits are, of course, too much sodium, sugar and fat.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
8-08-2008 @ 11:50AM
Heather said...
umkay... Millions of small children are going to start a MUTINY on the goldfish thing. Seriously.
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8-08-2008 @ 12:22PM
Bev Sklar said...
Heather,
It doesn't hurt to know how much sodium is actually in Goldfish crackers. Nutritional knowledge is a good thing.
Bev
8-08-2008 @ 1:32PM
Heather said...
Oh, I totally agree! I'm just saying- kids are gonna have a fit, that's all. :D
8-10-2008 @ 6:50PM
Chelsea said...
OMG I totally agree when I was a little kid every day my mom would pack me a small baggie of fishie crackers with a sandwhich and some kind of drink... i would have kids always begging to trade me for my goldfish DONT TAKE THE GOLDFISH AWAY FROM THE KIDS! there will be a riot XD
8-08-2008 @ 2:02PM
Bev Sklar said...
Gotcha! Thanks.
Bev
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8-08-2008 @ 5:29PM
Judy said...
I can't say we've never eaten any of these foods, but I can say they are NOT staples around our house. We relax our food rules when we travel, and allow the chocolate chip granola bars and Goldfish. I think they've had canned soup ONCE and wouldn't eat it. THe waffles? They begged for them in the store, then wouldn't eat them when we got home.
And we do eat Mac and Cheese more often than I'd like to admit - a box or two a week sometimes. :( But we almost never eat fast food (maybe 2x a month) so I figure if some Mac and Cheese (or "Oni," as my 2 yo calls it) is the worst food they get, I'm not going to stress tooooo much.
No Sunny D though - we'll get real juice or none at all.
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8-10-2008 @ 6:00PM
md said...
sanctimonious much?
8-09-2008 @ 10:42PM
marcie0305 said...
But replacing a salty food with a sugary one (or a high fructose corn syrup one) ? Not sure that's the best advice...
~marcie
http://feedingblackmail.blogspot.com/
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8-10-2008 @ 3:49PM
Teresa said...
We have always served Annie's brand Cheddar Bunnies instead of Goldfish. I don't know what their sodium count is, but they are better nutrionally. Every friend of our daughters like the bunnies better than the fish anyway. No oily aftertaste!
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8-10-2008 @ 7:48PM
Mikki said...
I love the sour cream n onion bunnies myself. I'll eat a whole box if they're not taken away from me. I have a one year old and I don't plan on denying her these snacks, but they do have serving sizes on the back. I don't think people take that into account as much as they should. (And who didn't know all that about Sunny D?)
8-10-2008 @ 4:01PM
Yaelle said...
I could be mistaken but I'm pretty sure Sunny D doesnt even call itself orange juice but orange drink. There's your sign. But the worst one of all has to be Lunchables - they have some really crazy "meat" products.
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8-10-2008 @ 4:30PM
ap said...
Yep, everything's illegal, immoral or fattening and sometimes all three. But even my mom never tried to make me think I was going to really look forward to liver and onions when I was a kid...I told her there isn't that much ketchup in the world! LOL
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8-10-2008 @ 4:34PM
lisa said...
as a parent we control what our children eat or do not eat, and let me tell you as a parent of a very very picky child it was a bear to get the child to eat, things could not touch, no gravy, no veggies but french cut greenbeans out of the can, and corn if i was lucky. I was happy to see him eat anything. Al the things that you point out as bad for kids are marketed to kids. We parents do not see those commericals unless we are watching early morning tv. Bet a lot of the parents are using tv as a babysitter while we get ready for theday.
My son is now 21 and he is all grown up and happy and healthy, now food can touch and have gravy. etc.
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8-10-2008 @ 5:04PM
john davies said...
Add to that that almost all added vitimin C comes from China today and you have another reason.
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8-10-2008 @ 6:55PM
Chelsea said...
stop being racest
8-10-2008 @ 5:04PM
catmansagev2 said...
gasp no, next thing you`ll tell me coke and koolaide are no good for kids gasp
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8-10-2008 @ 5:14PM
Emma said...
To the person who was talking about the Cheddar bunnies (Teresa I think) I happened to have a box of them on hand so I looked and the sodium count is the same. The serving sizes are fairly close. I looked at the ingredient list for goldfish cheddar and they are fairly close till you get to two ingredients. There are polyunsaturated fats and monounsaturated fats in the goldfish. This is probably where the yucky oily taste comes from. I also use the bunnies! The ingredient that I find tricky to avoid is high fructose corn syrup. Luckily they started making yogurt in the tubes that don't use it!
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8-10-2008 @ 5:22PM
William Schlotterer said...
I'm absolutely amazed I lived to be 53 without the food police trying to make my parents feel guilty. I'm so glad I am not responsible for reading my own food labels anymore.
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8-19-2008 @ 9:44AM
Gary said...
I agree! I'm friggin' sick & tired of these health-freak food police who make a good living trying to protect me from myself! Gimme a big fat double bacon cheeseburger with fries, if I die from this "bad" food, I'll go out with a smile on my face, and a grease stain on my shirt!
8-10-2008 @ 5:35PM
Leslie said...
I don't see how graham crackers are a good substitute for goldfish. They satisfy two totally different parts of the palate. If I want goldfish, it means I want something salty. Maybe lightly-salted peanuts would be a better substitute?
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