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Foods at home can encourage obesity - Manhattan Mercury- Childhood Obesity News

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Richard Rosenkranz, assistant professor of human nutrition at K-State, is a former doctoral student of Dzewaltowski and worked under his guidance to compose a model of different components that contribute to an obesity-prone home food environment. Since children’s homes are the most influential environment in developing dietary behaviors, their research is meant to create a full view of the food environment from which an individual’s dietary intake could be moderated, according to Rosenkranz. In the political and economic environment, the study found that factors like food pricing and family socioeconomic status affect the dietary lifestyle in the home. Rosenkranz said there are some simple changes parents came make in the home to prevent their child from being overweight, such as having regular family meals with fruits and vegetables and no soda, while saving junk foods for occasions like trips to the movies or restaurants. Read Childhood Obesity

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