{"id":6255,"date":"2019-10-09T10:38:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lpatucson.org\/south\/?p=6255"},"modified":"2019-10-09T10:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T17:38:16","slug":"how-to-help-kids-eat-healthier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lpatucson.org\/south\/how-to-help-kids-eat-healthier\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Help Kids Eat Healthier"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re a parent, you have a tough job. You always try to do the right thing for your kids, but sometimes outside forces stack the deck against you. Here\u2019s an example: You want your kids to eat a healthy diet so that they grow up to have long, illness-free, productive lives; however, the food industry is working diligently to undermine your efforts. It\u2019s difficult to combat the food industry. They have enormous resources which you, as a parent, probably don\u2019t have, but knowing their tactics is a good place to start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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There aren\u2019t a lot of recent statistics on how the food industry markets to kids. Most of the studies are nearly a decade old, so those studies don\u2019t even consider the increase in online and social media marketing that kids see every day. But let\u2019s look at some statistics provided by the <\/span>Prevention Institute<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Marketing<\/b><\/p>\n