Using foods high in sugar, fat as rewards can lead to obesity in children

You’re late getting out the door and your six-year-old isn’t co-operating. You know it isn’t the best parental decision you’ve ever made but you offer him a treat if he agrees to obediently put on his shoes and get into the car. What’s the harm in that?

A study co-authored by Laurette Dubé of McGill University’s Desautel Faculty of Management suggests there could be long-term consequences to these types of actions, especially if they become a regular routine.

Read full article: The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2015
Read the study: Eating Behaviors, December 1, 2015