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This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Researchers say American children now eat an average of three snacks a day between meals. A study found that those snacks add up to almost one third of all the daily calories eaten by children. And those extra calories could help explain the raise in overweight children in the United States.

The study was * in a university of North Carolina at C Hill. The researchers studied the diets of thirty-one thousand children aged two to eighteen over a thirty year period. They found that snacking has increased since the 1970s. And what kind of the snack having increase the most salty high fat food like chips. The study also found greater snacking on cake, cookies, and other treats that test generations might have saved for after dinner. The study is in * the fairs.

Nutrition Professor PG was the lead investigator. He says parents should limit snacks to one a day for children aged six and older. He also advices parents and the kidgabers to provide healthy snacks like foods and vegetables.

Professor ** says American schools also need improve their nutrition. For example, schools may have * machines that offer what many people would consider, junk food. There has been a push for schools to offer more helpful snacks and lunch choices and fewer sugaring drinks.

Earlier this month Coke Cola says it would stop selling sugaring drinks in an American school unless parent request them. It competitive just announce that they will stop sells of sugaring drinks to schools worldwide.

American Top Public Health officer want to see more changes like this. Surgeon general R.Benjamin recently spoke to a lot makers about making healthy food more available.

This growing consistence that we, * need to recreate our communities and our environments with healthy choices but easy choices and affordable choices.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Bill says, who has talked about his own child who struggles with weight, agreed about the need.

We need to do a much better job making sure the * machines is every consistent. We think the time is come for f_.

First Lady Michelle Obama is leading a campaign to fight childhood obesity. Public heath officials reported January that seventeen percent of American children are severely overweight.

And that's the VOA special English health report written by Kitty Weaver.

For more health news and to comment on our stories, visit us at VOASPECIALENGLISH.COM, I'm Steve Ember.


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