“More attention should be given to the influence of the other players on children's eating patterns.”

DR. YOUFA WANG, lead author of a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, which concluded that parents only partially influence the eating habits of children; other important factors include school meals, the local food environment, peer influence, government guidelines and policies, advertising and food production [via The Los Angeles Times]

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