Snacking: How to Deal with Children's Unhealthy Eating Habits

It seems that over-consumption of snacks has never skipped a generation: people who were scolded as children on the subject find themselves fighting their own children over bad eating habits. The problem has grown worse for today's children, however, as researches indicate that the current daily consumption of snacks by children averages on three snacks (totaling about 200 calories), as opposed to a daily average of only one snack among children in the late 1970.

Eating Healthy: How Parents can make it a Habit for their Children

The importance of eating healthy cannot be stressed enough – overweight and other health problems related to sub-optimal nutrition have become a serious issue all over the world. These health issues tend to appear at a very early age, stressing the need for educating children for proper nutrition as a top priority.

Yomi sponsors children’s festival in Jurmala, Latvia

Austrumu Medicina, which distributes Anlit’s Yomi products in Latvia, was the main sponsor of the International Children’s festival RUDAGA, which took place during the summer vacation in the resort town of Jurmala.

Anlit expands presence in Western Europe

Anlit Advanced Nutrition Supplements is expanding its presence in the European market.

Anlit is currently in advanced negotiations with potential business partners in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Russia, who are interested in selling Anlit’s vitamins, minerals and dietary supplements for children under their own brand names.

Vitamin D supplement linked to fewer stress fractures in teenage girls

A study published earlier this month has conclusively tied the consumption of Vitamin D to fewer stress fractures in teenage girls. This information is crucially important for young woman, who in today’s modern era, are partaking in competitive sports more than ever before and as result are incurring more serious injuries.

Specifically the study found that girls with the highest intake of vitamin D were 52 percent less likely to incur a stress fracture than those grouped with the lowest intake of the vitamin.

Notably, Dr. K Sonneville, one of the lead doctors on the study recommended that young women take a Vitamin D supplement because it is difficult to get the necessary amount solely through food.

Fortunately, Anlit’s supplements provide 400 International Units to help reach young women reach the 600 IU daily intake of Vitamin D recommended by the Institute of Medicine.

Doctors have taken note of Vitamin D’s growing importance in recent years. Dr. Daniel Green, who has studied stress fractures in adolescent athletes at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York told Reuters Health that,

"Three or four years ago we rarely asked our patients about their vitamin D intake and rarely checked their vitamin D level. Now, that conversation is happening on a daily basis."

Although, the study could not go so far as to conclude that Vitamin D will prevent stress fractures, one thing is now perfectly clear: The benefits of Vitamin D, which were one thought to be ambiguous, are proving to be vital to health of our children. 

Anlit partner with Polish company Polpharma to market vitamins for kids

Anlit's new all-natural vitamins for babies and toddlers will soon join Poland's growing market for children's dietary supplements.

Polish company Polpharma will exclusively market the children's vitamins and they will be available at pharmacies throughout Poland, according to a recently signed agreement. The vitamins, which taste good, will join Polpharma's Acidolac line of supplements for babies.

Anlit has confidence that Polpharma, through its Medana subsidiary, will successfully market and sell the vitamins, which contain no artificial flavors or colors. Polpharma's Medana unit specializes in marketing and selling vitamins and other natural supplements.

“We are convinced that Polpharma, with the firm reputation it built over the decades and its very strong presence in the dietary supplements market, offers added-value products and services," says Shai Karlinski, vice president of marketing for Anlit. "This is an important parameter in choosing a partner to market our products."

Polpharma is also excited about the marketing agreement and sees it bringing new opportunities.

“The Anlit supplement line for children presents an innovative concept in combining great taste with wellness benefits,” says Krzysztof Jakubiak, director of public relations at Polpharma. "It complements our Acidolac line for babies and enables us to target the children market as well.”

In addition to being marketed by an established supplement company, Anlit's children's line will enter an expanding market for supplements. Poland's market for supplements is growing between 12% and 15% a year, despite the economic downturn, according to a study by PMR Publications. 

The vitamins are certified kosher and do not contain preservatives.

Popular Yomi omega 3 supplement to hit European market

Anlit's Yomi yogurt-based children's omega 3 supplement will soon be sold in Europe. The bear-shaped chewable capsules look like candy and appeal to children, and have been on the Israeli market for some time.

"Our challenge was to create a product with omega 3 that kids would like to eat,” says Shai Karlinski, vice president of marketing for Anlit. “Following the success this supplement received in Israel, we decided to market it also to leading retailers and to dietary supplement and food companies in Europe.”

Omega 3 is very important to children, whose brains are rapidly developing. Not only is omega 3 needed for normal brain development and function, but adequate amounts of omega 3 have been shown to decrease symptoms association with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.  About 7% of children around the world have ADHD, many of them in Western countries, where diets often lack sufficient omega 3.

Children often do not like the foods containing higher levels of omega 3, including fish, flax seeds and walnuts.

“Children in particular are sensitive to taste and smell, and don’t necessarily care about eating healthy foods”, explains Karlinski. “With Yomi from Anlit, we can offer parents a delicious yogurt supplement that is bear-designed, contains omega 3 and that kids would love.”

Like all of Anlit's products for children, the supplements do not contain preservatives or artificial flavors and colors and are certified kosher.