Sugar. In some form or another, it's in almost everything we eat. And most of us can't get enough of it.
But, for many young children, those regular handfuls of animal cookies, after-dinner scoops of ice cream and sippy-cups full of juice are starting to add up. Diets full of sugar lead to a rollercoaster of wide of energy and moods; contribute to weight gain; and contribute to insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes, which is affecting more and more children.
Wach as we talk with Cynthia Lair, local nutrition educator and author of Feeding the Whole Family and the online cooking show www.cookusinterruptus.com, about sugar and what all parents can do to lessen the amount of sugar in their children's diets ... starting in infancy.