Of course kids should eat healthy, but a 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)?
I have nothing of scientific value to add here except to say that if the focus is purely on carbs there is a shitload not being considered. One could argue that a bacon-only diet is fine in that context.
Having seen the lunchboxes full of empty carbs that some kids take though I kinda get why the rule exists, even if how they’ve gone about it has perhaps not been thought through (or is just easier to enforce).
I’m not sure if there is “an” optimal snack as a balanced diet needs to be considered as a whole.