Kids hear a lot of 'good nutrition' stuff, but it isn't practiced at home and they don't develop good habits. I have a 8 year old patient now that is freakin' me out because he won't eat......long story, but he eats a narrow range of foods that he associates with home....chicken fingers, hamburgers only....no veges, no fruit...his potassium is low and he is constipated...at 8 years old!
Good grief - that's got to be tough to deal with. I guess that I'm lucky that Mom had the basics down. I can't say she followed the exact same food pyramid we are supposed to use today, but there were always a couple of servings of fruit every day and a couple of servings of vegetables every day. And, the sweets were limited.
And there is gobs of mis-information out there (you don't need this nutrient, this group of foods is bad for you) So fad diets, supplements etc proliferate.....enough to keep Alcoa in business for decades.
That is true, and its often hard to separate the good information from the bad. It isn't an exact science yet, but there are some basics to follow regardless of the diet choice.
~~sigh~~ one more outta the gene pool.
Sadly, in this case, a victim of inept parenting. Still, it does end the gene line.