Study: American Kids Need to Cut Back on Pizza — Like, Now

January 20, 2015

The results of the study appeared in the medical journal Pediatrics on January 19. Lisa Powell, a professor of health policy and administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago and lead author of the study, says that when children eat pizza it makes up more than 20 percent of their daily intake of calories, according to a CBS News report. Poor eating habits raise a child’s…

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