Expert advises: Healthy eating boosts attractiveness
Parents can encourage their children to eat a healthier diet by discussing how it will improve their physical appearance.That is the advice from Sue Baic, senior lecturer for the Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences at the University of Bristol.
Ms Baic said: "If you have more fruit and veg, you are more likely to be a healthy weight, and your skin and your hair are likely to be healthier."
She suggested that it is unlikely that children will relate to the fact that an unhealthy diet can have serious implications for their health, as they see conditions such as heart disease as things that affect the older generation.
Her comments come in light of research which revealed that teenagers are risking their long term health as they have unhealthy eating habits.
The research showed that teenage girls are most at risk from health problems associated with a poor diet.
