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19 Nov 2008 11:08 am
Urban Obesity Among Kids
They may not be eating enough:
A 9-year-old should consume 1,400 to 2,200 calories daily to sustain
growth, said Dr. Roberto Trevino, director of the nonprofit Social and
Health Research Center. But in the study of 1,400 inner-city children,
44 percent were consuming less than 1,400 calories, and 33 percent
were obese. "They were not overeating," Trevino said. "This study
shows these kids were not eating enough, and when they did eat it was
all the wrong things." Missing from the children's diets were four key
nutrients: calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. All play
important roles, but magnesium is involved in more than 300 enzymatic
reactions in the body that help to spur metabolism and cell function.
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