Gen Z adults consume the most cereal: 67% eat cereal at least once or twice per week, compared to 45% of Baby Boomers.
Consuming cereals after the 'Best if Used By' date does not pose a food safety risk. "If you eat a cereal after this date, it simply may not taste as good." Many cereals are like canned foods, which generally stay safe to eat but may lose their texture and color as the months and years pass.
The most recent national nutrition survey data indicates that approximately one third of Australians aged 2 years and above (36%) and New Zealanders aged 15 years and above (34%), and half (50%) of New Zealand children aged 5–14 years consume breakfast cereals.
If you need some inspiration, here are the most popular breakfast staples in America. Kitchen Infinity surveyed 2500 adults in the U.S. to determine the nation's favorite foods to munch on in the morning. Cereal dominates the list, with 14 percent of respondents naming it as their top breakfast pick.
Almost 96% (95.8%) of children aged 2–5 years consumed breakfast, compared with 86.7% of children aged 6–11 years, and less than three-quarters of adolescents (72.9%) aged 12–19 years. The same pattern was observed in both boys and girls. No differences were observed by sex for any age group.
Here are the 10 largest cereal brands, according to Zippia's research: Cheerios: 139.1 million boxes sold.
Teenagers aged 14-18 years should aim for 2 serves of fruit; 5-5½ serves of vegies; 3½ serves of dairy; 7 serves of grains; and 2½ serves of lean meats, eggs, nuts, seeds or legumes. Teens need plenty of water – the cheapest, healthiest and most thirst-quenching drink.
In fact, if you're between the ages of 10 and 19, eating too much junk food can harm your body and your brain. Junk food shapes adolescent brains in ways that impair their ability to think, learn and remember.
Australians tend to eat three meals a day: Breakfast – eaten in the morning is either light and cold (cereal, toast, coffee) or heavy and hot (bacon, eggs, sausages, fried tomato) Lunch – eaten around 12 – 2 pm is usually a light meal such as a sandwich, or salad.
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It's tempting to reach for a box of cereal when hunger strikes at night, but most cereals contain large amounts of carbohydrates. This causes a spike and drop in blood sugar, which is especially problematic if you're diabetic or pre-diabetic. You may want to avoid eating cereal before sleeping.
Babies over 12 months can continue to enjoy cereal, but they likely no longer need infant-specific cereals. They can enjoy ready-to-eat warm cereals like oatmeal or cold breakfast cereals. Again, it's best to be mindful of ingredients, such as added sugars.
Most packaged breakfast cereals are ultra-processed. EWG recommends limiting consumption of these foods, whether organic or conventional. A diet high in ultra-processed food is linked to an increased risk of depression, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.
Although some diet plans may recommend consuming 1,000 calories a day or less as an effective tool for weight loss, it is not safe and is an unsustainable way to try and lose weight. Some evidence shows that these diets can promote weight loss.
As children begin puberty, they often feel hungrier and eat more. That's because their bodies go through a major growth spurt in the teenage years. Extra food gives your child extra energy and nutrients to support this growth and development.
A 2019 review of studies in the journal Nutrients found that children and adolescents who don't eat breakfast are more likely to be or become overweight or obese. This may be partly because many kids who skip breakfast tend to eat unhealthy foods later in the day. Eating breakfast gets your child's metabolism going.
At the end of the study period, adolescents (12-19 years old) had the worst diet of three age categories, with 67 percent found to have a poor diet, compared with 53 percent of children aged 6-11 and 40 percent of children aged 5 and under.
In adults, eating meals out once per week or more was most common in the youngest age groups (19–29 years), with significantly more participants in this group (41.0%) eating meals out once per week or more than in other groups (20.1%-27.6%) in unadjusted and mutually adjusted analyses.