Mum feeds babies McDonald meals

Fast food chains may be flourishing in tough economic times but news of a British mother happily treating her triplets to McDonald’s meals will shock even the most avid burger guzzler.

The UK’s Daily Mail talked to Leanne Salt, a 24-year-old mother of eight month old triplets, who admitted that she frequently serves her youngsters fast food.

‘They were six months old when they had their first McDonald’s,’ she told the paper.

At over 190 kilos, the young mother is severely overweight and gave birth to her babies five weeks prematurely.

Sadly, it’s not just fast food that makes a one-off unhealthy meal, the triplets are regularly fed instant mashed potatoes and micromeals.

The average daily intake for the babies is approximately 1,200 calories which is twice the amount recommended by nutritionists. Meals generally pan out as follows:

• One bottle of full-fat cow’s milk at 5.30am
• Second milk bottle at 8am
• Lunch of scrambled eggs on toast or instant mash and spaghetti hoops
• Afternoon snack of crisps
• Dinner consisting of micromeal, pie or takeaway fastfood meal.

If you are reading in disgust, Miss Salt defended herself by revealing, " I feed my babies vegetables every Sunday." Clearly the five-a-day recommendation has passed her by...

Miss Salt is not alone in her dangerous approach to family meals. Research carried bout by the UK’s Infant and Toddler Forum concluded that almost 30 percent of children under three years were eating fast food on a weekly basis.

Nutritionists warn that not only does a bad diet during infancy increase the likelihood of childhood obesity, but the high levels of salts and saturated fats can result in diabetes and heart problems too.

Miss Salt’s triplets are currently within a healthy weight range for their age, but for how long?

health.ninemsn.com 29 Apr 2009

Just another fact, more trailer park trash breeding, perpetuating the cycle.

Just because you can breed does not mean you should, but then again who's going to replace your trailer park trash life when you go??? !!! ???

McDonalds food: for people with I.Q deficiencies.

Comments by one reader:

Unfit mother.Posted by: Miss M, Vic, on 29/04/2009 1:57:46 PM

This women clearly has no brains, i just read that article in absolute disgust. What she is doing to her babies is child abuse imo.. Those triplets should be taken off her and she should be made to do an educational course on diet and nutrition aswell as excerise. Going by her weight at a heafty 190kg, shes a fat mother breeding more fat kids... Sad but true..