Question

INSTRUCTIONS:

Review the mystery then respond to the questions including the rationale for your response.

Mystery:

Two, 7-year-old children go to the same school and are, in fact, first cousins through their mothers

who are twin sisters.. Both are growing up in the same extended family culture, and both are at risk for

becoming overweight during their childhood years. Both mothers attend a workshop on preventing childhood

obesity, and they make a pact afterward over lunch: they will work to protect their children from childhood

obesity. However, as time progresses, these two sisters experience very different reactions to snack times.

One child is taken off sugar, whereas the other child is not.

1. The child who receives no sugar begins acting out more. “Why is he more hyper?” the mothers

wonders, “when his body is free of sugar?” He also begins to develop a negative approach to nutrition.

What two pieces of advice might you offer these mothers?

Answer 1

Parents consider that when their child takes more sugar they are hyperactive. sugar actually causes calming effects because it secretes the chemical called serotonin that makes the feeling of wellbeing. Advice mother that sugar is not one of the causes of hyperactivity. the diet that the child consumes is a western diet contain high total fat, refined sugar, saturated fat, fiber, folate, omega 3 fatty acids that have a link with hyperactive.
typically western diet impact lack of nutrients like iron, iodine, vitamin D, vitamin B12, calcium, vitamin A, magnesium. nutrition deficiency occurs when the body does not get enough nutrients. It is not that eating less sugar provides more energy and gets enough nutrients. Actually the child is taking the western diet and low intake of sugar cause obesity and gets caloric imbalance. added sugar in her diet lacks essential nutrients and it does not produce enough energy and stimulate growth.