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Chicago Sun-Times: Study shows that a youth's social network may be uniquely relevant to eating behavior

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Release Date: March 17, 2010

An article in the Chicago Sun-Times about the initiative by First Lady Michelle Obama to encourage children to eat healthier and get more exercise reports that a UB study looked at the interrelationship between food and social activity in children as an indication of how friends influence just how much adolescents eat.