Over 80% of foods marketed to toddlers in the United States are ultraprocessed, while nearly half also fail to meet global nutritional guidelines, a new study found.
Regarding the “half that fail to meet one or more UN nutrition standards”: I’d say that’s the least of the problems here unless a child never gets anything else and is limited to one brand of food. Most food people eat have something missing - that’s why people don’t eat the same thing every day unless they have no other choice or have an eating disorder.
The high levels of sugar and sodium are by far more dangerous, because that is what will influence your taste for the rest of your life.
Regarding the “half that fail to meet one or more UN nutrition standards”: I’d say that’s the least of the problems here unless a child never gets anything else and is limited to one brand of food. Most food people eat have something missing - that’s why people don’t eat the same thing every day unless they have no other choice or have an eating disorder.
The high levels of sugar and sodium are by far more dangerous, because that is what will influence your taste for the rest of your life.
You can retrain your palate to like new things. It’s not easy to come down off a high sugar diet though.