Recent studies have revealed that parents might keep nagging behind their children to eat healthy the entire day, but they are more affected by what the television advertisements teach them.

The advertisements promoting fast foods are so tempting and delicious looking, that they seem to lure children much more than the telling off by their parents. This is one of major cause for rise in child obesity. Children are getting fat day by day, eating junk food, and fussing over nutritious and healthy food, that will actually benefit their health and growth requirements.

It was revealed according to a study conducted on 75 children that they seem to select unhealthy food, over nutritious food, due to the television advertisements that seem to attract them much more than what their parents tell them about healthy eating.

Fast food is more colorful and attractive looking that the boring fruits and veggies, that seem to be regular and boring. This is why children seem to incline towards selecting unhealthy food over nutritious. It is obviously much tastier than healthy food as well. Cheese and mayonnaise, is any day better than fruit salad. It is essential that the eating habits of children are monitored at home, so that they don’t tend take the wrong choices when left alone.