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May 26, 2005
Does a family dinner guarantee slimmer kids?

From EurekAlert! - Breaking News:

One trend that has paralleled the rise of obesity in the last two decades has been the decline in frequency of children eating dinner with their families. Elsie Taveras, instructor in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and colleagues surveyed the frequency of family dinner among more than 14,400 9- to 14-year-olds and incidence of overweight. Read more from this post.
Posted on May 26, 2005 02:37 AM



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