The Fat Diaries: Can Kids Resist the Sugar Temptation?

I was in Wal*Mart the other day when I caught a glimpse of a loud group of kids behind me. They were tweens. They wore sports jerseys and I was surprised to see their pants were worn at “regulation” height. Apart from the one kid with the “Predator” dreadlocks, they all looked like clean-cut nice …

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Written by Monica Marier on Friday August 5, 2011

The Fat Diaries: Does Junk Food Cause ADHD?

The FDA now blames food coloring. But it amounts to the same thing. Another year, another new food study on ADHD. This time the FDA is looking into food coloring as the link between children’s diet and ADHD. Did anyone else just sigh and say “here we go again, ” or was that just me? …

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Written by Monica Marier on Friday April 1, 2011