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In a study published by the American Dietetic Association, parents are the biggest factor in what kids eat and in the food choices that they ultimately make. For young children, this doesn't come as a surprise because they have few opportunities to eat food not provided by their parents, but what makes the study noteworthy is that it applies to teens and concludes that having "healthy household eating rules" is the biggest factor in influencing a child's diet.

When parents emphasized getting a certain amount of fat (i.e. always served lean ground beef instead of regular) or made the number of servings of fruits and veggies important, the kids were more likely to make the same choices when eating without their parents.

What are good "healthy household eating rules" to have? The researchers who performed the study suggested having only healthy/healthier snacks at home, always having a vegetable with dinner and a fruit with breakfast, and setting limits on sweets and sodas. Kids might not strictly follow the "rules" when they're not at home, but their long-term choices will be shaped by them.

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 Blogging Baby heard about a teen with an unusual - and disturbing - food related talent. Apparently, an Indian teenager named Praveen Kumar Sehrawat can suck milk in through his nose and shoot it out through his tear ducts. He can shoot it over 12 feet away, though it's hard to say how accurate he is with his aim at that point. This "talent" has earned him a place in India's version of the Guinness Book of World Records. He also holds the national record for eating green chilies, having consumed 170 in just over 5 minutes. The world record for chili eating, however, is held by Filipino Eriberto N. Gonzales Jr., who ate 350 chilies in 3 minutes.

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