Post subject: Reward program saves American children from becoming obese?

If a healthy heart and smaller waistline aren't incentive enough for kids to eat healthy foods, maybe a bracelet or key chain will do the trick; that's the idea behind a Buffalo schools program that in January will start offering small rewards to children who choose fruits and vegetables in the lunch line. What do you all think about this? Can this reward program save American children from becoming obese? If you have a child, would you consider rewarding your child in some way as he/she eat properly?

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This is probably one of better ways to prevent obesity; it is a very serious problem, so I hope that many more people start taking the problem seriously to solve it.

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Well, MacDonalds have been using the same ploy for years to get kids to eat their cr@p, so why shouldn't it work the other way round?

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Maybe they need to sleep more!!

I would have thought that the reason you eat more with less sleep, is the fact that you have more waking hours to consume food!! Anyone who has had a late night out will know the raging hunger that hits you around 2 or 3 in the morning!! I know I can't get to sleep if I'm hungry!

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I never thought about that. Is there any data suggesting that we sleep less than we used to? Well, since US is the nation of obesity, is there any data suggesting that Americans sleep less than they used to? Also is it possible to lose weight as you sleep more?