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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
"Eat Everything On Your Plate" = Obesity
This CNN article entitled "Pushing Kids to Eat May Cause Obesity Later" discusses research that finds parents who push their children to eat everything on their plates, or eat beyond when they said they were full actually contributes to obesity in later years. Restricting food can also have a similar outcome. How can parents teach and model healthy eating behaviors?
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