Eliminate "Kid Food"

Dr. David L. Katz
Dr. David L. Katz
Derby, CT, United StatesCreated June 20, 2013

Eliminate "Kid Food"

Derby, CT, United States
Created June 20, 2013

The Issue

We the undersigned assert that kids are, indeed, people too- and should be fed accordingly. No other species preferentially seeks out food of low nutritional quality for its offspring; the adults of every other species teach their offspring how to eat for lifelong sustenance and vitality. There is no basis in all of nature for Homo sapiens to do otherwise. The only rationale for a large variety of “kid foods” and the aggressive marketing of them is profit- but it is profit that comes at the expense of the health of our children. Our children are people, and should learn to eat the foods that sustain the health of people across the lifespan. We support the elimination of “kid food.”

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Dr. David L. KatzPetition StarterDAVID L. KATZ MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, is the founding (1998) director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Childhood Obesity. He was named one of the 25 most influential people in the lives of children by Children’s Health Magazine. In 2012 he was cited by Greatist.com as one of the 100 most influential people in Health and Fitness (#19: http://greatist.com/health/most-influential-health-fitness-people/). Dr. Katz and his wife Catherine live in CT; they have 5 children.
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The Issue

We the undersigned assert that kids are, indeed, people too- and should be fed accordingly. No other species preferentially seeks out food of low nutritional quality for its offspring; the adults of every other species teach their offspring how to eat for lifelong sustenance and vitality. There is no basis in all of nature for Homo sapiens to do otherwise. The only rationale for a large variety of “kid foods” and the aggressive marketing of them is profit- but it is profit that comes at the expense of the health of our children. Our children are people, and should learn to eat the foods that sustain the health of people across the lifespan. We support the elimination of “kid food.”

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Dr. David L. KatzPetition StarterDAVID L. KATZ MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, is the founding (1998) director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Childhood Obesity. He was named one of the 25 most influential people in the lives of children by Children’s Health Magazine. In 2012 he was cited by Greatist.com as one of the 100 most influential people in Health and Fitness (#19: http://greatist.com/health/most-influential-health-fitness-people/). Dr. Katz and his wife Catherine live in CT; they have 5 children.

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Big Food

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Petition created on June 20, 2013