Children who eat healthier have better bone mass, fat composition

Young children who eat dark green and deep yellow vegetables and limit fried food intake may have healthier fat and bone mass accrual over time than those who do not. "To our knowledge, no studies have examined, as we have, the association of diet composition with both fat and bone mass simultaneously in younger children," the authors note in their paper, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The researchers sought to identify dietary patterns related to fat and bone mass in children aged 3.8 to 7.8 years.

A diet high in dark green and deep yellow vegetables was related to low fat mass and high bone mass, a high intake of processed meat was related to high bone mass, and a high intake of fried foods was related to high fat mass.

Steve - this should not come as a surprise to anyone.