Diet gets healthier as people age
Contrary to popular opinion, adults do eat more healthily than they did as children.
Newcastle University researchers looked at the diets of 200 children aged 11 and 12, then again 20 years later.
They found as adults, they ate around twice the amount of fruit and vegetables and less fat and sugar as they had as children.
But the study, in Appetite, found some saw barriers, such as a perceived lack of time, to healthy eating.
This group often believed fruit and vegetables needed time for preparation and cooking and were more likely to have smaller intakes in fruit and vegetables.
Source - BBC News
(I never realised that those carrots in the fridge were a sign of aging!)
Newcastle University researchers looked at the diets of 200 children aged 11 and 12, then again 20 years later.
They found as adults, they ate around twice the amount of fruit and vegetables and less fat and sugar as they had as children.
But the study, in Appetite, found some saw barriers, such as a perceived lack of time, to healthy eating.
This group often believed fruit and vegetables needed time for preparation and cooking and were more likely to have smaller intakes in fruit and vegetables.
Source - BBC News
(I never realised that those carrots in the fridge were a sign of aging!)
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