Mark Dolliver: The Youth Card

While focusing on what kids put in their bellies, people concerned about childhood obesity probably pay too little attention to the ideas rattling around in kids’ heads. A survey of 6-18-year-olds by Weekly Reader Research gives insight into the latter. Many kids think their tender age entitles them to be indifferent to healthy eating: 16 percent strongly agreed and 28 percent agreed with the statement, “Diet and nutrition are not things you need to think about when you are young.”