Against childhood obesity, mom's cooking recipes

Mothers have a good hand in the kitchen, but due to the lifestyle we now have, we lack time to dedicate it to the kitchen. In addition, as we all like to eat, try new recipes and increasingly we know more about nutrition and infant feeding, a science that, well applied, takes care of our health and

Mothers have a good hand in the kitchen, but due to the lifestyle we now have, we lack time to dedicate it to the kitchen. In addition, as we all like to eat, try new recipes and increasingly we know more about nutrition and infant feeding, a science that, well applied, takes care of our health and that of our children, dedicating effort to cooking far from being a waste of time, it has become a very profitable investment.

Moms who cook have healthier children

Thus, a study on childhood obesity, carried out by a group of researchers from the University of Granada, in Spain, has revealed that when the mother cooks, the children are less obese and better fed . The nutritional status of the children and the person in charge of preparing such food has a great relationship, since there is a great association between the person who cooks daily in a house and the physical and health situation of the children.

And it is mothers who regulate the intake of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, which we eat as a family, thanks to our concern for childhood nutrition and obesity. When mothers cook we are waiting to alternate meals, which means that if one day we have had meat, the next day we will take fish, and the other eggs, if we have eaten pasta, we will not do it for two days in a row, but the next day surely we will take vegetables or legumes. The same happens with breakfast or with the snack, a culinary space in which the mothers are still betting on the sandwich, which is healthy, and the dairy products to compensate with calcium the growth of the children.

Apparently, those children whose menus are prepared by their mothers are better fed and suffer less cases of childhood obesity, while the nutritional status of children is more harmful and tends to lead children to overweight, if the person in charge of cooking daily is another different to the mother. According to the study, it is still the mother who best knows the food needs of her children and the best prepared, in terms of food knowledge, for the development and maintenance of an optimal family diet.

The role of the mother has always been fundamental in the feeding of a family. Now, when the mother works, the children usually eat in school canteens, with the grandparents or with other relatives. Besides discovering this study that mothers feed their children better, it has revealed that mothers help to encourage their children to avoid a sedentary life, limiting the hours they spend watching television, playing at the console or being in front of the computer. Healthy lifestyle is essential to prevent childhood obesity and prevent obesity in the future.

Marisol Nuevo. Editor of Guiainfantil.com