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<\/p>\nYou may think trick or treating at Halloween is fairly innocent – but it could be harming your children.\u00a0<\/p>\n
New research has discovered youngsters will consume 3,190 calories from sweets alone as a result of their trick of treating this year.<\/p>\n
Despite being advised to have no more than 2,000 a day, children are going above NHS guidelines as a result of their bounty.<\/p>\n
Parents were also affected – consuming 1,710 calories each from sweets as a result of their son and daughters’ bounties.<\/p>\n
Experts say the increase has potentially harmful consequences and that parents should cut down on how many treats they allow their children to eat.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Children will consume 3,190 calories from sweets alone as a result of their trick of treating this weekend, new research has found<\/p>\n
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Professor Melanie Davies CBE, co-founder of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, told MailOnline: ‘Excessive sugar consumption is a major factor in the rising obesity levels we are seeing across the country, particularly in youngsters.<\/p>\n
‘Type 2 diabetes is a serious condition linked to lifestyle and obesity, which if not managed properly, can lead to devastating complications, including blindness, amputation, stroke and heart disease.<\/p>\n
‘The number of people with type 2 diabetes is also going up dramatically and it is also very worrying to see more and more children being diagnosed with the condition. We need to take action.’<\/p>\n
Researchers polled 2,187 British parents aged 18 and over who had at least one child under the age of 11.<\/p>\n As part of an ongoing study into British attitudes towards Halloween and trick or treating, they were quizzed about how they celebrate the spooky day.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n Initially all respondents were asked \u2018what do you enjoy most about Halloween, as an adult?.<\/p>\n The most common response was taking the children trick or treating, with 39 per cent of parents saying such.<\/p>\n Experts say the increase has potentially harmful consequences – including weight gain – and that parents should cut down on how many treats they allow their children to eat (stock)<\/p>\n A third said their favourite part of the day was seeing children in fancy dress and 20 per cent revealed being able to dress up themselves was the best bit.<\/p>\n All the respondents were then asked \u2018what do your children enjoy most about Halloween?\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n More than half of parents said the sweets and treats they get given and 38 per cent said it was probably the fancy dress.<\/p>\n Researchers then asked \u2018who takes your child\/children trick or treating?\u2019.<\/p>\n They found 35 per cent of parents took their own children, while a quarter relied on other family members to take them and a fifth went with friends.<\/p>\n Wanting to delve a little deeper, all respondents were asked to state how many calories they estimated their children consumed over the Halloween.<\/p>\n Global childhood obesity rates are set to sky-rocket in the next few years.<\/p>\n By 2025, around 268 million children aged between five and 17 years old will be overweight, according to estimates by the World Obesity Federation.<\/p>\n More than 90 million of those children will be registered obese, the data suggests.<\/p>\n It is a significant revision up from previous estimates by the World Health Organization, which had envisioned 70 million children would be overweight in 2025.<\/p>\n Once all of the responses were collated it was revealed that the average British child consumed 3,190 calories.\u00a0<\/p>\n With some offering money instead of sweets, the results showed that the average child will also earn \u00a35.27 from trick or treating.<\/p>\n Similarly, all those taking part in the survey were asked to state how many calories that they consumed themselves from the sweets that their children collected.<\/p>\n The results showed that the average British adult consumed 1,710 calories.\u00a0<\/p>\n Furthermore, when asked how they got their hands on their children\u2019s sweets, 68 per cent admitted that they helped themselves while the children weren\u2019t around.<\/p>\n One in five stated that their children shared their sweets with them while 14 per cent said they were given them because there was too many.<\/p>\n George Charles, from www.VoucherCodesPro.co.uk, who conduced the research, said: ‘Halloween is great for many reasons.<\/p>\n ‘You get to dress up and attempt to scare people, you get to see just how creative people are, and you get tonnes of free sweets, just for knocking on people\u2019s doors in your fancy dress.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Just don\u2019t go crazy, eating all those sweets; think about your diet, only eat them as treats \u2013 not instead of meals \u2013 don\u2019t forget to share, and definitely don\u2019t forget to brush your teeth.\u00a0<\/p>\n ‘Sweets will last, they don\u2019t need to be consumed straight away.’<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You may think trick or treating at Halloween is fairly innocent – but it could be harming your children.\u00a0 New research has discovered youngsters will consume 3,190 calories from sweets alone as a result of their trick of treating this year. 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