WVU in the News: Your baby doesn’t need to go paleo
In 30 years from now, when our children look back and tally all of our parental missteps, I predict that feeding our children “kid-friendly” protein bars will make a lot of lists. Many of these packaged snacks are flavored, as a friend recently put it, “like a stale Yankee Candle,” and come in brightly colored wrappers listing their non-GMO ingredients and high protein content. One popular brand touts: “No bad stuff.”
In this story from The New York Times, research conducted by Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor Elizabeth Claydon, PhD, is referenced to explain how parent dieting behavior can effect children.