Even Obesity School Children Need Sweets

Posted on December 22nd, 2009.

Sweets have long been known to be harbingers of empty calories and rotting teeth, if not considered downright evil, but a recent study uncovers a biological need as children grow.

“The relationship between sweet preference and growth makes intuitive sense because when growth is rapid, caloric demands increase. Children are programmed to like sweet taste because it fills a biological need by pushing them towards energy sources,” said Monell geneticist Danielle Reed, PhD, one of the study authors.

Children are notorious the world over for wanting excessively sweet tasting foods, something which slows as the childs’ physical growth factors slows down to. To cut it out totally could interfere with an as yet not fully understood biological need even in obesity school children.

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“This gives us the first link between sweet preference and biological need,” said Reed. “When markers of bone growth decline as children age, so does their preference for highly sweet solutions.” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318140624.htm

Further research is scheduled to focus on what signals the brain to influence the incredible drive for sweets. Other factors such as sex hormone levels or puberty were not linked to the craving for sweets. The good news is cravings for sweets is natural and serves a biological function. But for obesity school children, a fine line between total abstinence and curbing with more wholesome sources of sweet nutrition may be the wisest move.

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