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News

Mid-Week News: Bring On the Pain

Post author By TheLadyMiss
Post date Wednesday, May 29th, 2013
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Hello, kittens, and welcome back! Here we are at another round of news appetizers, where I, your dark current events overlord and purveyor of all things newsy, will be highlighting this week’s highs, lows, and all that fluffy, nutty, and stuffy stuff in between.

Tags Al Jazeera, gun violence, huffington post, irs, money laundering, mother jones, reuters, Syria, train derailment, USDA

Food Parenting

Consumer Psychology in the School Lunch Room

Post author By [E] Selena MacIntosh*
Post date Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
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The USDA approved a research grant to explore using various behavioral psychology techniques to convince school kids to make healthier choices. Suggestions include merchandising fruits and vegetables in attractive baskets instead of bins, placing a salad bar by the check out line and making desserts and snacks cash only.

Tags behavioral psychology, consumer psychology, cookies for cash, elementary kids, fruits and vegetables, fruits vegetables, poor kids, psychology techniques, rich food, salad bar, school lunch, school lunch room, USDA