Citation
(2010), "Kids in the kitchen", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 40 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/nfs.2010.01740dab.030
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2010, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Kids in the kitchen
Article Type: Food facts From: Nutrition & Food Science, Volume 40, Issue 4.
In the last 20 years we have seen a steady rise in food for babies or toddlers. The increase of baby and toddler ready meals are designed to make lives easier but Sarah Flower, author of Eat Well, Spend Less, believes it has problems. “Traditionally parents cooked one meal for the whole family. Babies and toddlers would eat a pureed version, but fundamentally, it would be the same meal. Nowadays we are seeing family kitchens run more like a fast food cafe. Babies and toddlers are fed on ready meals, teenagers frozen dinners and parents grab whatever is easiest. Families lack the social interaction that comes with eating together, but most worryingly, due to the lack of home-cooked meals, an inability for the children to learn essential cookery skills necessary for adult life”.
Eat Well, Spend Less by Spring Hill, an imprint of How To Books Ltd www.howtobooks.co.uk