Cereal companies have spent fortunes on convincing parents that a kid’s breakfast means cereal, and that sugary cereals are fun, benign, and all kids will eat,” It has been said that exploding rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes in today's children will lead them to be the first in American history to have shorter lifespans than their parents,”Weil said. “That tragedy strikes me as a real possibility unless parents make some dramatic changes in their children's lives.”
50 years of nutrition research has confirmed that sugar is actually the single most health-destructive component of the standard American diet. The fact that a children's breakfast cereal is 56 percent sugar by weight – and many others are not far behind – should cause national outrage.” health expert Dr. Andrew Weil.
About one in five American children is obese, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has reported that childhood obesity has tripled over the past 30 years.
Nearly 20 percent of our children and one-third of adults in this country are obese. Our children face a future of declining health, and may be the first generation to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.
Some cereals are better than others. Nutrition expert Marion Nestle recommends:
1. Cereals with a short ingredient list (added vitamins and minerals are okay).
2. Cereals high in fiber.
3. Cereals with little or no added sugars (added sugars are ingredients such as honey, molasses, fruit juice concentrate, brown sugar, corn sweetener, sucrose, lactose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup and malt syrup).
Among the best simple-to-prepare breakfasts for children are fresh fruit and high-fiber, lower-sugar cereals. Better yet, pair fruit with homemade oatmeal.
| 10 Worst Children’s Cereals Based on percent sugar by weight | |
1.) Kellogg’s Honey Smacks | 55.6% |
2.) Post Golden Crisp | 51.9% |
3.) Kellogg’s Froot Loops Marshmallow | 48.3% |
4.) Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch’s OOPS! All Berries | 46.9% |
5.) Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch Original | 44.4% |
6.) Quaker Oats Oh!s | 44.4% |
7.) Kellogg’s Smorz | 43.3% |
8.) Kellogg’s Apple Jacks | 42.9% |
9.) Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries | 42.3% |
10.) Kellogg’s Froot Loops Original | 41.4% |
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