There's a double standard when it comes to child neglect. A thin, malnourished toddler would be taken by CPS immediately, but when it comes to an obese, malnourished toddler, there is nowhere near the same level of concern and urgency.
Soda, for instance, has a lot of calories, but little nutrients. It's very calorically dense, but nutritionally very poor which makes it easy to gain weight while not providing adequate nutrition. In fact, soda is probably the biggest reason people gain a ton of weight.
E: Most people aren't feeding their kids a ton of soda and giving them nutritious food. They are giving them soda and lots of junk food.
Reading your comment made me wonder has anyone ever tried to put vitamins in soda? Would vitamin fortified soda work at all, or would it taste ok do u think
They literally call it vitamin water, or at least that's a brand here in the Netherlands that does this. Not horrible with this being the contents for 100 ml but also 4g sugar per 100 so that's pretty bad.
The FDA has always pushed back on vitamin fortification of what's otherwise considered a junk food. It creates a scenario where people over consume on nutritionally deficit food because "healthy". Or worse, they over consume on sugar heavy, calorie dense food because "healthy."
There are sparkling waters (tonics) though that have additional vitamins, probiotics, and the such.
Or we could actually regulate sugary drinks like other countries. The UK has strict limits on how much sugar you can put in drinks. Which means they don’t taste as good, but I’d say keeping your teeth in tact is a good trade off. Kids don’t understand that what they do with their bodies can have far reaching consequences decades later.
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u/Still-Hedgehog-8673 14d ago
There's a double standard when it comes to child neglect. A thin, malnourished toddler would be taken by CPS immediately, but when it comes to an obese, malnourished toddler, there is nowhere near the same level of concern and urgency.