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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2098199-lets-ditch-the-idea-that-only-home-cooked-food-is-good-for-kids/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2098199-lets-

• emodendroket 9y ago
  > It found that home-made meals based on 408 bestselling cookbook recipes for infants and young children are not always healthier than ready meals and convenience products. In fact, on many measures they seemed less healthy: they tended to have a lower vegetable variety per meal and were more likely to exceed maximum recommendations for energy and fat content. Is that representative of what the average person cooks?
  • watwut 9y ago
    Cookbooks are probably not representative of actual cooking, but it is hard to judge whether average cooking is healthier. It is impossible to judge how much less healthy it would be if people who are cool not cooking for children switched to cooking. It is good point through, not everything that comes in can is bad for you.
    • emodendroket 9y ago
      Right. I guess the claim has always been that if you made it you know what's in it and you're less likely to unwittingly consume an extreme amount of sugar or whatever. I don't know how accurate that is.