Patter Matters — parents

Children eat differently than adults. They eat more frequently, in smaller amounts, and with less control over what's in front of them. The snacks they eat between meals are not incidental — they are a meaningful part of what their bodies are built from during the years that matter most. This makes the quality of children's snack food a more consequential question than the packaging usually suggests. The Ultra-Processed Food Problem for Children Research on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) has accelerated significantly in recent years. A 2023 analysis published in the British Medical Journal found that higher UPF consumption was associated...