The Ledger – Jack Payne
Jaclyn Kropp has been there, just like you have — grocery shopping while hungry. And her Ph.D. in economics doesn’t prevent her from acting any differently than you would — filling the cart with junk food and food that never gets eaten. After a meal clarifies her thinking, Kropp tries to figure out how to use the science behind decision-making to protect your kids from the same sort of impulses in the school cafeteria line. When we send famished kids through a gantlet of steaming pizza and chocolate chip cookies on their way to the salad bar, we’re setting them up for unhealthy choices. (more)