A big worry for moms is choking, it kills more than 100 kids per year and another 15,000 are hospitalized. The most common forms of food that choke children are hot dogs, popcorn, gum, coins, candy, crayons and balloons.
According to MomLogic.Com, the journal of “Pediatrics” and The American Academy of Pediatrics are asking producers of these choke-causing foods to re-design them in a way that will lessen a child’s chance of choking.
American Academy’s request for parents is to:
- Cut foods such as hot dogs, grapes, raw carrots, and apples in small pieces the size of peas so they cannot get lodged in the child’s breath way
- Children under the age of 5 should not be given risky foods such as popcorn, hard candy, marshmallows and peanuts
“We’ve all fed our kids some of the items from the list above. It’s not worth the risk,” Dr. Nina Shapiro tells Mom Logic.
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