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Why parents should check twice before offering holiday sweets

  • Written by Sarah Irvine Belson, Associate Professor of Education, American University
imageA first-grader eats a candy cane while watching the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.Chris O'Meara/AP

Over the holidays, most families will indulge in sugary treats. But before you offer your child a candy cane or chocolate coin, consider what research tells us about how kids perform in math is affected by what they eat for lunch – and...

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