- Title: Eat Up Bubblegum For Breakfast
- Date: 6th October 1993
- Summary: THE FIRST PROG IN THE SERIES LOOKS AT HOW CHILDREN'S DIETS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST CENTURY BY COMMISSIONING A NATIONWIDE SURVEY INTO THE DIETS OF YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. OUR NUTRITIONALIST AMANDA URSELL WITH THE HELP OF THE FOOD COMMISSION AND TWO HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS UNCOVERED SOME WORRYING FACTS - MOST OF THE CHILDREN WERE LIVING ON A DIET OF SNACKS AND JUNK FOOD.A FOUR GENERATION FAMILY SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND LOOK AT WHY EATING PATTERNS HAVE BECOME MORE UNHEALTHY SINCE THE WAR. SUSIE ORBACH AND PROF JOHN PEARCE GIVE THEIR DIFFERING APPROACHES ON HOW TO DEAL WITH FUSSY EATERS WHEN THE FAMILY MEALTIME BECOMES A BATTLE GROUND. WE TALK TO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH EATING DISORDERS. IN COOK IT WE MEET CHRIS GRANT OF HUNGARIAN AND JAMAICAN ORIGINS COOKING HIS VERSION OF HUNGARIAN VEGETABLE GOULASH.
- Description:LIVELY AND INFORMATIVE SERIES ABOUT CHILDREN'S DIET AND THEIR ATTITUDE TO FOOD FROM CONCEPTION TO ADOLESCENCE.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:Stephens Kerr Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 1
- Transmission Date:06/10/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s