Appetite Eat Children Affected by Father Not Mother
When children experience difficulty or have a large appetite usually is most often blamed for his mother. Yet according to new studies, appetite or eating patterns of children is more influenced by fathers, not mothers.
“Men who love to eat junk food would be more likely to have children who also have similar habits,”said Alex McIntosh, Texas AgriLife Research sociologist who led the study, as reported by Indiavision, Monday (06/13/2011).
According to reports the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, a man’s food choices will affect the future of children’s food choices. Father even more powerful factor affecting the child rather than factors from the mother.
Research shows that fathers are more likely to influence the obesity in children than mothers. This study shows that more tolerant or permissive father let his children go to fast food restaurants are finally making children obese or overweight.
This research was conducted for 15 months and parents learn how food choices for their children.
“What’s interesting is the choice of restaurants especially parents influence the level of child obesity,”explained McIntosh.
McIntosh said the results of this study will give a message to fathers that they have a responsibility as mothers to raise healthy children. In addition, the father needs to know more about the nutritional content of fast food.
Unlike the women who pay more attention to the nutritional content of food to be given to their children, a father tend to let their children choose what foods he likes, especially if the food is also a favorite of his father, including fast food or junk food.
“But I think it is quite clear that the father has a great influence over what their children eat,” lid McIntosh.
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