'Too little fat' can make kids obese

January 29, 2007

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BRITAIN Children who eat too little of a certain type of fat can end up overweight, a study has found.

Researchers discovered children who were significantly overweight consumed low amounts of unsaturated fat found in fish, olive oil and vegetables.

The researchers believe lack of omega-3 fat, mainly found in oily fish, was especially significant.

A spokesman for the team at Gothenbury University in Sweden said: "Every third child in the study ate far too little unsaturated fat, above all too little omega-3. These children had significantly higher body weight."

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ged, salford6 (29/01/2007 at 10:45)

so here they come again, after oficial reports find that theres no proof of omega3 having any benefits particaly with corony disease , here comes another promotion for omega3 ,relentless marketing campains

M Crowe, Cheadle (29/01/2007 at 13:30)

Hold on, this report says that this type of fat is mainly found in vegetables and fish, and that the kind of people who don't eat much of these types of foods are obese in a higher percentage than those who do eat their veg. Shock Horror, those who eat burgers get fatter than those who eat salad!! this isn't exactly rocket science!

Karen, Bolton (29/01/2007 at 13:55)

Wake up and smell the coffee! Don't eat factory-processed foods and you'll be healthier. End of story.

Ace Riley, manchester (29/01/2007 at 14:12)

Karen, Bolton youve got it in one,The other problem to overcome ? make your kids exercise and play games outside rather than sat on their bums watching the tv or playing games on the tv.Its up to you lazy parents and schools who dont make kids compete in games and physical exercise.......DO AND DO IT NOW,NOT NEXT MONTH OR NEXT WEEK??NOW.

kev, manchester (31/01/2007 at 08:56)

jeez, okay ace, okay. calm down mate!

Batfink, Manchester (01/02/2007 at 10:25)

1. This headline is more than a touch sensationalist, suggesting that kids need to eat more fat. 2. As already stated by another poster, correlation does not equal causation. In other words, the fact that the fat kids don't eat fish and veg does not mean that lack of omega3 is the main cause, it means that they need to cut down on pizza, chips and burgers!

Jo, Salford (09/02/2007 at 10:01)

This story is very lazily-written. It's not what these kids aren't eating that's making them obese, it's what they are eating. Yes, they may be eating too little in terms of unsaturated fat, but if they are replacing it with saturated fat, then clearly they are going to be unhealthy. If they weren't eating ANY fat at all, of any kind, then they'd be VERY unlikely to be obese (although they wouldn't be at all healthy, either). Basically, what this article is saying is that we need a balanced diet with 'good' fats in it. Which we all knew already.

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