why children prefer pizza than home made food?

children nowadays eat so much junk food that by the time they hit teens they become obese... junk food even causes early menstruation... some as young as 9 years old!

And parents are so snobbish that they lead their children to believe Indian food is yucky!!!

We are raising a farm-bred broiler generation!

It will surely cause problems.. its maybe because of the parents earning power.

Very good question..but i think that pizza is considered to be a dish in western countries and there also children eat the same dish which is though having high calories is done at home by a mother only..
Maybe influence of western culture, due to which children are unable to think that according to their climatic condition pizza is not good for them. however any food should be taken in proper proportion instead of getting addicted..

natraj wrote:
[quote]It will surely cause problems.. its maybe because of the parents earning power.[/quote]

Not only Earning Power but Eating Power too. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

We should always set a positive example for any habit or bahaviour, if we want the kid to eat healthy food then we should do it as well. Never keep any type of junk food handy.Always stock the kitchen store,refridgertar with healthy snacks.

I think the it is the effect of over exposure to the media.They sees the advertisement and prefer those things rather than homely made ones.

Yes Abid its all cause of media advertisements... Especially they targeting children's and their adds also focusing on them whit cartoon characters.. This makes kids interest over jug foods

I don't watch TV.Also my children don't watch them.I have no TV at all!!But I keep my children updated in many other ways.

This is absolutely right. These fast foods have cheese in them, high calorie food... Which would give instant energy and calories. These would be the cause for the obesity in children.

The first thing is Out side food. :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

because they are using different types of food.
In home it will be a limit :cheer: :cheer:

Children would be fond of eating these fast foods due to the presentation of food also.. I think it is better for the mother's to make the food attractive to make the kids tend to eat home food.

Yes Deepti, making the food tastier and appear it more attractive will do help.

Someone mentioned that it is the main dish in some countries, it is true that pizza is a staple food of Italians, but the way they make it traditionally is very different than what we get in the Pizza joints here. Also the climatic conditions in Italy helps them digest it well whereas its not suitable for our conditions. They use pure olive oil and lots of veggies. That is the basic difference in their pizzas and ours.

Also, children tend to emulate their parents mostly. If the parents eat all the right foods and do not fuss much over the food, children quickly follow suit and eat properly.

It is the parents who influence eating habits, if they themselves eat more of junk food and expect children to eat home-made food, it would not be fair.

correct deepti. But in some home mother also going to job.
And only on holidays she can prepare that what children are asking. :) :) :)

pizza's outside are more tasty than prepared at home and outside ,kids get lot of varieties....kids simply love junk food...

As neetu said, Children love to taste variety of food. It is also the mother's responsibilty to take effort to prepare food to children which they like the most.

I think children should be trained to eat what his parents eat.The foods seen in advertisement and other should not be encouraged at all.

it should n0t be that the kids should eat what their parents eat...but they be taught to eat healthy and home made food ...

Junk food is unhealthy for both kids and elders. so, parents should set an example for children. :)