In the quest to keep them healthy, many adults are mistakenly putting young children on low fat and sugar diets, which are more suited to adults, and could cause problems, writes REKHA NAIDU.
The Muesli Belt Malnutrition Syndrome is a form of malnutrition that came about when well-read professional parents started to put their children on supposedly healthy high fibre, low sugar and low fat diets. This resulted in the children not having sufficient energy from their food to help them grow both mentally and physically. Dietitians had to advise parents on how to increase the energy intake by adding extra sugar or glucose in to the food and drinks plus frying some of the food.