Cash Or Credit? How Kids Pay For School Lunch Matters For Health

Friday, January 17, 2014

American kids have a problem with obesity, according to the most recent studies. In fact, the closest thing we have to good news about childhood obesity is that kids are not gaining weight as rapidly as they were some years ago.

Researchers may have identified one surprising new factor in why kids are overeating.

Compared with kids who use cash in school cafeterias, kids who use debit cards seem to make more unhealthful eating choices, finds Brian Wansink, a behavioral economist at Cornell University.

Source: NPR (link opens in a new window)

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Health Care
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digital payments, nutrition