Since when are Oreos a snack and not a treat? Since the big one started going to school, apparently! So far, her snack time has consisted of such treasures as rice crispy treats, cookie crisp cereal, zebra cakes, and gummy snacks - all of which are ENTIRELY COMPOSED OF SUGAR! There is not an ounce of nutritional merit to any of those things. At a time when attention deficit disorders are being diagnosed right and left, you'd think that schools would request something other than simple sugars to feed young brains.
Now, contrary to popular belief, I am not a food Nazi. I enjoy sugary goodies, but I enjoy them as treats - occasionally and sparingly - never on a daily basis and in place of nutritional food.
Last month, when I took the big one for her school physical, our pediatrician, whom I adore, told me that the current recommendation is that children start drinking skim milk after the age of 2. They need to be kept on low-fat diets because of the obesity epidemic. Hello (American parents)? That 2% of milk fat is not what is causing childhood obesity! Look in the cupboards of American families and, apparently, the snack bags of school classrooms to see why poor nutrition and unhealthy weight is so rampant. It is amazing, really.
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