The Med Page Today – Molly Walker
“Pizza serves up the building blocks of obesity, and kids are always ready for another slice. For example kids — be they primary school students or teens — increased in their intake of saturated fat by 3 g and 5 g and sodium by 134 mg and 484 mg, respectively, on days when they ate pizza, reported Lisa M. Powell, PhD, professor, health policy and administration at the Institute for Health Research and Policy at University of Illinois in Chicago, and colleagues. Specifically, pizza from a fast-food restaurant was associated with a 323 kcal increase in total daily energy intake for adolescents (P<0.05) compared to pizza from the school cafeteria, according to a new study published online in the February issue of Pediatrics. Days when pizza was consumed as a snack resulted in a 202 higher kcal and 365 higher kcal increase in total calorie intake for children and adolescents, respectively.”(more)