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Several news outlets featured research published in the January 2014 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/a><\/strong> by UNCFRP team member Jennifer Poti<\/a>,<\/strong> Kiyah Duffey, and Barry Popkin<\/a>,<\/strong> which investigated the connection between children’s diets and obesity. The Los Angeles Times wrote:<\/p>\n

In a new study, researchers from the University of North Carolina led by nutrition professor Barry Popkin have found that even when they are not eating at fast-food restaurants, children who frequent them tend to eat food that would probably make many of them overweight or obese anyway. The authors of the latest research combed through a national database of Americans’ health and nutrition behaviors and grouped 4,466 American kids–from ages 2 to 18–according to what they ate when they were not eating food purchased at a fast-food restaurant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more of the story: Fast food isn’t making our kids fat. It’s the rest of their diet.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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