Chocolate Forum
Chat => General => Topic started by: loulou on November 15, 2008, 02:46:25 pm
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ONE in 10 parents think Jaffa Cakes count as one of their children’s five daily portions of fruit and veg.
Double that number reckon fruit-flavoured sweets also help towards the target.
And some even believe that chips and cola are full of healthy vitamins, too.
Just a fifth of families encourage their youngsters to eat the proper quota of fruit and veg, while one in 20 children eat none at all.
The shocking facts were revealed yesterday in a survey carried out for food firm Green Giant.
Jaffa Cakes’ orange-flavoured filling seems to have confused many of the families questioned.
An astonishing one in 20 of parents thought real oranges and bananas did not count towards the five-a-day target, but many thought that fruit squashes and even spaghetti hoops did.
Nutritionist Vanessa McConkey said of the survey: “It is concerning to see that the five-a-day message isn’t getting through clearly to parents.
“Good eating habits start at home and parents need to get their children into the habit of eating more vegetables and fruit.”
Child health expert Tam Fry added: “We have got a generation of parents and children who think that a potato is a thin white sliver which you take out of the freezer.
“I don’t think anyone would deny that the fruit and veg message is the right one. The problem is that it doesn’t always taste too nice.”
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The shocking facts were revealed yesterday in a survey carried out for food firm Green Giant.
Alarm bells ringing.......
An astonishing one in 20 of parents thought real oranges and bananas did not count towards the five-a-day target, but many thought that fruit squashes and even spaghetti hoops did.
What utter shite!
Nutritionist Vanessa McConkey said of the survey: “It is concerning to see that the five-a-day message isn’t getting through clearly to parents.
So to sum up.....buy Green Giant foods because they count towards your 5 a day.
Shocking isn't it? I feel guilty/sanctimonious (delete as applicable), so I better stock up. ::)
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Does strawberry jam count towards my five a day?
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If you want it to.
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I bet the parents surveyed were all teenagers.
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some might have been teenagers too.
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This is shocking. Are people really that igonorant?
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I believe teenage mums are.
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I keep thinking of Homer Simpson saying 'this doughnut has purple stuff in it. Purple is a fruit'.
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A fruit cocktail trifle must have all my five a day in.
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What about Starburst (formerly known as Opal Fruits)?
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Yeah a packet of them a day surely keeps the dr away.
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Skittles?
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they won't keep the dentist away.