From Spatula Diaries: Kids and summer weight gain

In the ongoing childhood obesity debate, the school lunch is the perpetual whipping boy. However, there’s good reason to be concerned about children’s weight gain over the summer when they’re at home. Researchers at Indiana and Ohio State universities released a study a few years ago that found that children’s body mass indexes increased twice as much during the summer as they did during the school year. To get tips on what you can do to fight back against the weight gain, read Maggie Heyn Richardson’s blog here.