Urbanization clubbed with fierce competition and vast exposure has led the kids of today into a whole new world of opportunities and knowledge. However, this attractive envelope has started opening its vicious contents now.

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the commonest major autosomal recessive disorder found in Caucasian populations in the western world. The incidence in Britain is approximately 1:2500 live births. It affects boys and girls equally. It is a multi-organ disorder with widespread dysfunction of the exocrine and mucus-secreting glands, characterized by chronic pulmonary disease, pancreatic insufficiency, liver dysfunction, and abnormally high sweat electrolytes. The CF gene was cloned in 1989 and many different mutations have now been identified and probably account for the varying clinical features of the disease.

How much it is reasonable to modify children’s diets depends on specific dietary risk factors for vascular disease and to what extent they operate from childhood.

Obesity control is a concern on every parents mind. May be parents are the people who are unknowingly inducing bad eating habits in their kids, at the very first place. These days breakfast include sweet cereals and butter, cheese on regular basis.