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Helping children eat healthier foods may begin with getting parents to do the same, research suggests

  • Written by Kelley Gullo Wight, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Indiana University
Helping children eat healthier foods may begin with getting parents to do the same, research suggestsEveryone agrees kids should eat healthy foods. But parents are often left out of that message.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

Most parents, educators and policymakers agree that children should eat healthy foods. However, our peer-reviewed paper suggests the strategy adults often use to achieve that can sometimes backfire. Fortunately, there’s...

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