British Institute of Child Health studied more than 12,500 five-year children of working mothers. It was found that babies are more likely to eat "junk" food.
On this basis it was concluded that the use of female "domohozyaystvovaniya" for children's health. However, other experts on healthy eating diet is strongly advised to study children's menu in other age categories.
These studies are published in the journal Journal of Epidemiology and Child Health. According to the authors, 60% of mothers with children in the UK today work. Women were asked questions about what their children eat and how much they are mobile and active.
About a third of the mothers left to work after having children, but those who continued to work, work is now paying an average of 21 hours per week. Researchers at their calculations evaluated and such facts as the education level of mothers, as well as socio-economic status of the family.
In particular, it became clear that the five-year children working mothers between meals more likely to use not too healthy drinks that contain sugar and other sweeteners. In addition, they more often bused to kindergarten by car (the mother in a hurry to work). And housewives prefer to walk with the children to the garden walk, or ride a bicycle.
Study leader Professor Ketri Lowe said that to the attention of her group were not fathers. This is due to the fact that the number of fathers employed in recent years has not changed, but the number of working mothers It has increased very significantly. In the world of the raging crisis and families in dire need of additional sources of income.
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