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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
I think it's far worse to scrape away good food and then indulge the children later with snacks. I'm not saying anyone here does that - but I've certainly seen it.
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Yeah, but this is a separate issue.
Leftovers can be wrapped and re-served, this is also a separate issue. I'm only talking about the idea of being forced to eat all the food someone else put on a plate.
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Re weight and eating problems - that just doesn't ring true in my ears.
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Well I certainly can't take credit for coming up with this theory... but I've read about it countless times. A quick googling of "clean your plate" and obesity...
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Researchers have found that the most important factor in the amount children eat is the amount put in front of them. The more they see, the more they eat.
Putting food in bowls in the center of the table and letting children take their own food may be the best approach to prevent overeating, he said.
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Alternative Advice to "Clean you plate"
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For centuries parents have been telling their children to clean their plates of food. But is that the best thing to teach your children? A study from Columbia University says "No."
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"Clean your plate" might have made sense in a time when food was scarce or the next meal was uncertain. Nowadays, there's little risk of that in America, yet we continue that old training, suppressing healthy instincts.
Research shows babies who are breast fed rather than bottle fed are much less likely to become overweight later. Experts think that's because they learn to stop from their body's own signals, whereas a bottle-fed baby learns to eat until the bottle's empty, even if they're already full.
And old-fashioned dinnertime policies like "clean your plate" teach the same thing.
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