We have always commented that many of us are fortunate to have the grandparents and it is that we could not work outside the house if it were not for them, who take care of us and spoil us and the children. Well, in addition to this great work they do, now a study is presented in which it is reported that thanks to them our children maintain the Mediterranean diet and balanced.
The Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietary Societies (Fesnad), Next to the Food Safety and Nutrition Agency (Aesan), has presented a study on the influence of grandparents in the feeding of children and have concluded that grandparents are currently the promoters of the Mediterranean diet, to the point that two out of three grandparents encourage a diet rich in vegetables, fruits and legumes, among their grandchildren.
This study has been carried out between 404 people over 60 and makes it clear that the eating habits of Spanish grandparents are still healthy and that they transmit it to their families.
The doctor Jordi Salas, president of the Fesnad, said in this regard that on average, respondents ingest approximately three pieces of fruit a day, eat fish about three times a week and vegetables about four times and most importantly, there is no excess in their daily diet of foods that contain saturated fats.
Also from FesnadThey have explained that today the bad diet, perhaps due to the fact that for some 40 years now the classic family meal has been forgotten. And now it is less cooked and without planning the menus, abusing pre-cooked dishes, therefore, the role of grandparents is vital, because parents need help to take care of their children and they are responsible for serving their grandchildren the same healthy food that they eat, giving importance to it being balanced.
The survey data show that more than half of the grandparents are responsible for one of their grandchildren's meals or dinners a week and that more than 50% care to explain to their grandchildren the differences between what they ate them in their youth and what is eaten now, so that the child perceives the importance of healthy food.
It also follows that two out of three grandparents prepare grandchildren for their usual food and the little ones adapt to this diet and that 66% of respondents say that, in case their grandchildren do not like food, they They eat the same since they are of the idea that you have to eat everything.
All this work of our dear grandparents, will avoid as we have commented on other occasions, that the little ones lack in the diet some nutrient or that they become obese.
