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Like we didn’t see this one coming…

There’s not much fruit in General Mills snacks such as Fruit Roll-Ups, Fruit by the Foot and Fruit Gushers, alleges a new suit against the giant food company.

via No fruit in Fruit by the Foot? General Mills sued over snacks [Updated] – latimes.com.

Click the link above to read the entire article.

This is yet another reason to give your kid *real* fruit, not candy, even candy that says that it has fruit in it, because it probably doesn’t have any, or if it does, it’s very low on the list.

In the end, it’s best to feed yourself, and your children real foods, not candy. (Though you can treat yourself from time to time. )

Here’s yet another reason to teach your children to eat healthy foods.

Dr Matt Sabin, co-head of the Royal Children’s Hospital weight management clinic, said Victoria’s obesity epidemic was becoming extreme.Dr Sabin said he often saw three-year-olds weighing 35kg – more than double their healthy weight – and 15-year-olds tipping the scales at up to 200kg.”We’re not talking about a little bit of extra weight, we’re talking about severely obese children,” Dr Sabin said.”It is getting worse – the numbers are not getting higher but the degree of obesity is getting worse.”

via Generation Fat: Kids as young as 10 getting heart disease | thetelegraph.com.au.

When 10 year olds are risking heart disease, teenagers getting heart attacks…  people really need to start looking at what they’re eating.  If you eat unhealthy foods, you will be unhealthy.  In my opinion most fast food resturaunts should be used only when there is nothing healthier available.  Fast food has so much fat that it’s difficult to believe that it’s taken so long for things to get so bad, and a good number of people eat at these places three times a day, some people may even go there more than that…