Just because children's parents are wealthy doesn't mean they'll be healthy. Likewise, kids from poorer families aren't necessarily less healthy than those kids with richer and better-educated parents.
These findings -- from an international team of researchers from the United Kingdom, Estonia, Denmark and Norway -- challenge the belief that being poor leads to poor health and lifestyles.
In fact, a study in the July 23, 2005 issue of the British Medical Journal suggests that eating unhealthy junk food and doing less exercise may be why children of better educated parents experience a high level of insulin resistance, which increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and more.
Their conclusions were based after studying 3,189 randomly selected schoolchildren from Denmark, one of Europe's richest countries, and Estonia and Portugal, two poorer countries.
This study is just the latest of many that illustrates the severe health consequences of eating junk food. And it's happening all around the world. Please, parents, watch what your children eat!
Just because children's parents are wealthy doesn't mean they'll be healthy. Likewise, kids from poorer families aren't necessarily less healthy than those kids with richer and better-educated parents.
These findings -- from an international team of researchers from the United Kingdom, Estonia, Denmark and Norway -- challenge the belief that being poor leads to poor health and lifestyles.
In fact, a study in the July 23, 2005 issue of the British Medical Journal suggests that eating unhealthy junk food and doing less exercise may be why children of better educated parents experience a high level of insulin resistance, which increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and more.
Their conclusions were based after studying 3,189 randomly selected schoolchildren from Denmark, one of Europe's richest countries, and Estonia and Portugal, two poorer countries.
This study is just the latest of many that illustrates the severe health consequences of eating junk food. And it's happening all around the world. Please, parents, watch what your children eat!