Study indicates snacking is a "missed opportunity" From animal crackers to gummy fruit snacks and calorie-laden juice drinks, kids in child care are not getting the nutrition they need from daily snacks, according to a new study from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center published online in the journal Childhood Obesity. The study - the first of its kind to compare meals to snacks - shows that despite efforts to improve the diets of children in child care settings, meals - and particularly snacks - still lack nutritional quality...

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