Snacking on raisins can help control hunger and calories in kids: study
Posted Jun 5, 2012 09:53:38 PM.
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Snacking on raisins can help control hunger in kids, as well as keep the calorie count down, a new Canadian study has found.
Participants in the University of Toronto and Ryerson study, children aged 8 to 11 years old, were randomly assigned to eat one of four snacks: raisins, grapes, potato chips and chocolate chip cookies until they were comfortably full.
Those who ate grapes had a 56 per cent higher calorie intake than those who ate raisins, while those who ate chips consumed 70 per cent more calories and the cookie group had over a 100 per cent higher calorie intake.
Although all the snacks curbed hunger, the desire to eat more was lowest among the raisin group.
“We found consumption of raisins as a snack prevented excessive calorie intake, increased the feeling of fullness, and thereby may help contribute to the maintenance of a healthy weight in school-age children,” said Professor G. Harvey Anderson, who led the study.
