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Why kids shouldn't eat added sugar before they turn 2, according to a nutritional epidemiologist

  • Written by Lisa Bodnar, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
imageAvoiding or reducing added sugar in your child's diet can be tricky.Andrii Zorii/iStock via Getty Images Plus

I remember a decade ago sitting in front of my 9-month-old daughter, who was in her high chair, and trying to spoon-feed her a pureed green vegetable. It didn’t matter if it was peas, green beans or something else, because the outcome...

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