«Carbohydrates are essential for infants and young
children as a source of energy supporting normal growth and development.
Not exact matches
The Beverage Council's CEO, Mr Geoff Parker commented: «Sugar is a natural
source of energy for kids, but is often blamed
as a unique contributor to overweight and obesity in Australian
children.
One possibility is that potentially more - important
sources of excess
energy, such
as alcoholic beverages in adults and
energy - dense savory snacks in
children, are being overlooked with the current emphasis on the restriction
of soft drinks.
(A) Changes in the proportion
of energy consumed
as SSBs plus 100 % juice by
children aged 2 — 18 y. (B) Per capita changes in the amount
of sugars (grams per day) that were contributed by water - based beverages and sugar - sweetened carbonated soft drinks from 1997 to 2011 according to industry
sources (27).
A few studies tell us that more
energy sustaining
sources of breakfast, such
as oatmeal, or protein intake such
as eggs, may be the best bet, but not all
children have time in the morning, and not all
children go for those
energy - sustaining foods.
Touted
as one
of the world's healthiest foods, amaranth is an incredible
source of nutrients - particularly for
children, who can get
as much
as 70 %
of their necessary dietary
energy from one serving.
Often justified largely on the basis
of junk science they have come up with such wonderful policy prescriptions
as using only unreliable
sources of energy because they are «sustainable,» keeping natural resources in the ground rather than using them to meet human needs, having government tell manufacturers what requirements their products must meet to use less
energy rather than encouraging manufacturers to meet the needs
of their customers, all in the name
of «
energy efficiency,» substituting government dictates for market solutions on any issue related to
energy use, and teaching school
children junk science that happens to meet «environmentalists» ideological beliefs in hopes
of perpetuating these beliefs to future generations even though they do not conform to the scientific method, the basis
of science.