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Parents misled by healthy food tactics
NINE out of ten parents are misled by the tactics used to market children's food according to a British Heart Foundation survey.
It has revealed that they can be distracted by health-like claims when products are really loaded with fat, salt and sugar.
The new study asked parents what they thought about statements such as 'free from artificial colours and preservatives' and 'a source of calcium, iron and six vitamins'.
NINE out of ten parents are misled by the tactics used to market children's food according to a British Heart Foundation survey.
It has revealed that they can be distracted by health-like claims when products are really loaded with fat, salt and sugar.
The new study asked parents what they thought about statements such as 'free from artificial colours and preservatives' and 'a source of calcium, iron and six vitamins'.
Genetic link to severe obesity in children?
RESEARCHERS have discovered what they believe is a genetic cause of severe obesity in children.
In the first study of its kind, Cam-bridge University scientists have found that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity.
To get the results, researchers looked at 300 severely-obese children, scanning their entire genome looking for types of mutation known as copy number variants (CNVs).
RESEARCHERS have discovered what they believe is a genetic cause of severe obesity in children.
In the first study of its kind, Cam-bridge University scientists have found that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity.
To get the results, researchers looked at 300 severely-obese children, scanning their entire genome looking for types of mutation known as copy number variants (CNVs).
