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To combat the risk of overweight and childhood obesity, many parents incriminate fat. Serious mistake! These food groups are not only essential for growth. But by doing this, these people replace lipids with other nutrients that can lead to the development of body fat.
The incidence of childhood obesity remains high in a large number of countries. The evolution of nutritional intake hardly explains the epidemic of obesity, since lately, while the obesity increases, the scientists observed that the caloric and lipid contributions them decrease. And if the food of the beginning of life explained this paradox? This is in any case what advance French researchers *. They actually found a biased interpretation of nutritional recommendations by parents. Indeed, many are the ones who favor proteins for their little ones at the expense of lipids. Indeed, in their minds, in "lipids", there are "fats". Which rhyme naturally with obesity. And it is in this confusion that lies the crux of the problem. According to a recent study conducted by the French Association of Paediatrics Outpatient (AFPA), "only 16% of parents know that it is necessary to limit the protein intake of their child to avoid overweight. But they are 57% to point finger fat, which the little one is in great need … "
Lipids: 50% of energy intake
Indeed, it has already been established that high protein intake is badociated with higher adiposity in the child predicting a risk of obesity. In contrast, as the AFPA points out, "fat intake is necessary for harmonious growth and the construction of the central nervous system". Inserm scientists go on to point out that "the ELANCE study (Longitudinal Study of Nutrition and Child Growth) showed an badociation between low lipid intakes (mainly due to low saturated fatty acid intake) at the same time. age of 2 years and an increase in body fat. In fact, it can be seen that in many industrialized countries, protein intakes represent 3 to 4 times the needs of children. On the other hand, "in France, ANSES recommends that the proportion of lipids up to 3 years represents 45 to 50% of energy intake, whereas the average intakes observed often reach only 30%. The EDEN study showed that at the age of 8 months, only 5% of children have sufficient fat intake. For the authors, there is no doubt that "the food imbalance, in particular excess protein and low fat intake, contributed to the obesity epidemic observed in many countries". * Inserm, U1153, Research Team in Nutritional Epidemiology
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