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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My teen keeps an appropriate halftime snack in the backpack, along with gatorade and water, and has a chocolate milk after. The body of an athlete is a machine and must be fueled as such, at any age.[/quote]

Good for your "athlete" but do 10 and 11 y/o's need a bag of Doritos and Oreo's and a 20 oz gatorade after fluttering around a soccer field for less than an hour?  I agree with the previous poster that snack should not be a reward for participating in youth sports.  If your kid is dehydrated, give them water.  If they are hungry, go eat lunch.  The whole snack/treat thing needs to stop.[/quote]

No those are obviously inappropriate choices for an after-game recovery. The point of the snack is to get it in the body right after activity because that is the opportune time for recovery. Gatorade or Powerade or chocolate milk do more to enhance recovery and what was lost during the sweating of a game than water does. Agreed that everyone needs to educate themselves about what is appropriate and bring your own.[/quote]

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