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Opinion: Happy Meal Toy Ban Is Just Plain Sad

by Brett Singer, Posted May 10th 2010 3:00PM

Have you ever wondered why so many kids these days are obese? Is it because they eat food such as the McDonald's Cheeseburger Happy Meal, which contains more than 1,000 milligrams of sodium? Or is the free Beanie Baby that comes in the box to ...
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Kids Eating Out Healthier

by Bev Sklar, Posted Jun 17th 2009 2:00PM

Kids are eating healthier -- even in restaurants. Photo: sxc.hu
After a two-decade rise, the rate of childhood obesity possibly hit a plateau last year, unless it's a temporary rest stop full of kids punching in vending codes for another ...
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Nickelodeon goes off the air for playtime

by Sandy Maple, Posted Sep 28th 2007 5:33PM

If your kids are glued to Nickelodeon tomorrow afternoon and the television suddenly goes dark, don't panic. You didn't forget to pay your cable bill, the kid's network is actually purposefully suspending programming for three hours. As part of their ...
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