Security cameras-see what your child eats

Are your kids get away with skipping the vegetables or fruit healthy eating or getting extra batter while in school? If so, it is no longer in San Antonio because several schools to install surveillance cameras, with the ability to read barcodes implanted in cans of food in restaurants to eat children.

This new program made possible by $ 2 million grant from the United States Department of agriculture. Says Dr. Roberto Treviño San Antonio-based social and health research center that once in place, and the security cameras would "take a picture of your food on the Permanent Fund and know what his sentence,"

The programme aims to gain in depth record precisely what children in low-income areas, rates of obesity of eating to help design a program to improve nutrition. Fully tracking system throws up what does not get eaten, as well. Dr. Treviño also, "when he returns the child to disposal, we're going to measure the leftovers,"

System administrators will provide information about the nutritional and caloric value of food you eat children. Dr. Roger echon to Center and program designer, recently showed reporters record who was arrested near a primary school student lunch tray. Print out showed clearly the quantities of different types of food consumed, plus the number of protein and calories, sugar, fibre. He would also allow the collapse of total soluble dietary fiber, monounsaturated fatty acids and more then one hundred minutes of other levels.

The program aims to reduce rates of obesity in childhood to give school staff and parents of comprehensive data about the types of food you eat children and specific quantities. Dennis Jones, spokeswoman for the health and social research centre with information collected by camera system cafeteria, be able to create meal plans based on reform every day a child eating habits. Says Dr. Treviño "will be able to determine whether existing programmes aimed at preventing obesity, and whether it really is changing the behavior of students," he also added that this system will record images of children themselves and be able to part of the program only children with parental permission. If this program is successful in San Antonio, try to make their wider use.