I guess that I would like to see some sort of study on children and their protein requirements. Bryan, I think that you would have better searching prowess where this issue is concerned though. The only other person on the net that rivals your ability to find supporting studies might be "Tony Soprano"... I seem to suck at it though.
I do worry about my little girl's diet, but I frankly don't have the slightest clue how to deal with it. My son eats apples, broccoli, carrots, pastas, most whole meats like chicken or beef. She seems to have a built in protein detector in her nose because she will even act like she will take a bite till it gets under her nose when she will suddenly turn away. Keeping your kids on nutritious food today is difficult though. Not just because of their pickiness, but the lack of choices (EVERYTHING has HFCS or TFA's in it!), and also the lack of time. I don't remember our parent's generation being so frazzled and overworked. Maybe they were, but it doesn't seem like this. I am just praying that my business continues on its recent trend for growth so I can afford for Erika to go part time, which would make raising 3 children MUCH easier. We will take them to a fast food joint about (or less than) once a week, cooking most of our own meals at home, but it really takes a monumental effort on our part to do that. Getting to eat a happy meal is a real treat for my kids. I don't want to avoid that food altogether for fear of my kids becoming what we resist. I am just glad that they don't subsist on it for every meal like so many families these days.
I can't believe that New England family is suing McDonalds, claiming that they fed their kids McDonalds EVERY DAY, their kids are over 300 pounds, and they didn't figure out it was a problem till a money-grubbing lawyer told them so. He probably enticed them with making enough money to buy a plasma screen TV with a satellite system so they could live out the rest of their pathetic wasted sedentary lives living vicariously through some soon to be obscure participant in the endless stream of "reality" shows.
Whew! I feel better, don't you?
Bottom line, I don't feel like they are unhealthy as infrequently as they eat that kind of food, but I do want to know if there are any health risks involved from eating them. For all I know, they may have too much protein in them for a breakfast choice, like Kaiser mentioned. Thanks for all the input so far guys. I am going to do a little searching. See ya back in this thread in one hour!
