Eat This, Not That For Kids

Eat This, Not That: A Healthy Food Option Quiz

September 14, 2009

Many parents think they know what's best for baby, but fat and sugar can be lurking in some not-so-obvious places. David Zinczenko and Matt Goulding have co-authored a tell-all on healthy food choices for children. With this smart book, parents can start making healthier choices about their kids' diets. Take the quiz to see if you're dishing out the good goods or if there's a better option to consider.

8 Comments

3 years 25 weeks

talk about twisting things around. When asking which of two very poor nutritional choices to make for feeding a child. When in actual fact any parent feeding any of that processed crap to a young child should be charged with child endangerment. Feed your children and yourselves whole, unprocessed foods, add no salt or processed sugar, learn to cook , eat meals as a family. Your health will be better and more importantly your childs health will be better. The whole purpose of these quizzes is to try and get you to buy the book. Go to reputable sites and look for peer reviewed scientific studies to support your choices and not a made up story. If you cannot pronounce some of the ingredients then perhaps they should not be consumed.

3 years 35 weeks

I don't think that this quiz was very good - the others have a point. You can have something full of hydrogenated oils and junk, with not many calories and little fat, and you could say it was *good* compared to something with natural fruit sugar and some fat. Kids aren't supposed to be counting calories either, they don't need you doing it for them! Look at the ingredients, not at the calories!

3 years 36 weeks

Exactly...what a dumb quiz. This kind of thinking is what proliferates the obesity problem in this country-when you're just obsessed with which junk food is the least junkiest instead of just scrapping it all and concentrating on natural nutritious foods.

MissSushi 3 years 36 weeks

I don' t like to be overly negative, but this is kind of a crap quiz. Taking things with healthy ingredients and comparing them to complete crap thats less fattening. It may have less fat grams, but it also has absolutely NOTHING in it. No good fat, no good ingredients, vitamins, etc.

3 years 36 weeks

"And just because Macaroni and Cheese has more fat than SpaghettiO's does not mean that SpaghettiO's are good for you. They are just a better choice of horrible choices." EXACTLY! Instead of Kraft mac and cheese, why not make some homemade stuff with whole wheat pasta and no artificial crap?

3 years 36 weeks

Agreed. Very misleading.

Akpril 3 years 36 weeks

But this is the problem with these stats- all they talk about is fat and sugar. Saying that Rice Crispy treats (which are butter, marshmallow and cereal) are better for you than oats, almonds, honey, and sunflower seeds is extremely misleading. And we're not taking into account what kind of fats they are. We need fats in our diets. And just because Macaroni and Cheese has more fat than SpaghettiO's does not mean that SpaghettiO's are good for you. They are just a better choice of horrible choices.