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Article: Preschoolers' lowfat diets lacking in some vitamins, small study says; Some nutrition experts expressed shock, noting that vitamin deficiencies are considered uncommon in the U.S.
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
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- April 17, 2005
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Lowfat diets might be fine for adults, but at
least one small study suggests grown-ups using that approach for
their families could be depriving young children of vitamins they
need.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln nutrition scientist Judy Driskell
said her recent study of preschool children living in Lincoln found
two-thirds of them lacking the recommended levels of vitamin E and
one-third short on vitamin C - a finding attributed mainly to parents
sharing their eating habits with their children.
"Parents are eating a lot of lowfat and nonfat products, and we're
finding they also give their children such things as skim milk,"
Driskell said. "The lowfat diet is probably ...