Children who drink fruit juice at breakfast are more likely to be obese, a Vienna study foundParents should stop giving their children fruit juice at breakfast because it significantly increases their chances of being overweight or obese, a study has found. Those who drank a glass in the morning were one-and-a-half times more likely to be overweight than those who did not. Skipping breakfast was also linked to weight gain as it made children more likely to snack during the day, according to researchers. So eat an apple or an orange instead of drinking fruit juice. Drink water or unsweetened tea and, if you drink fruit juice, add water.’Nearly half a million under-11s are now obese.

Source: Daily Mail May 24, 2018 22:44 UTC