Of course kids should eat healthy, but a quick web search seem to disprove that higher calories snacks have a negative effect. Papers I found are https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0195666390900519 and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003193840200882X

School goes as far as preventing the kids to eat their snack if it’s not a fruit or a vegetable which I find excessive, as many healthy snacks exist today that still contain some (more) carbs (the two papers are even about candies…)

Are there some studies out there for what would be an optimal snack (both health and performance wise)?

  • Denjin@feddit.uk
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    11 hours ago

    The first experiment is about college aged males and therefore not directly applicable to children though I suspect it wouldn’t be an outrageous leap to apply it’s findings to children.

    The second experiment though is about having confectionary snacks or nothing for breakfast. All it suggests is that having some calories is better than no calories, it doesn’t compare having a healthy snack vs a non-healthy one.

    The reality is that there are too many contradictory studies regarding nutrition, especially children’s nutrition. For every advocate for a particular health advice, you’ll find 3 people who argue that it’s terrible for you.