Halloween Aiding Obesity? Nah!
Published on October 31st, 2007
Posted in Uncategorized
TORONTO (Reuters Life!) - While adults may relish the gore of Halloween, most children enjoy the night for another reason — the vast amount of candy they receive which is prompting warnings to parents.
With concern growing about rising childhood obesity rates, medical experts advised parents to limit how much candy they allow their children to eat.
“I don’t think the indiscretion of a single day or a couple of days around Halloween would have any measurable impact on that child’s health,” said Dr Michael Kramer, a child health and development expert at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
