I once saw a very interesting experiment,
a group of children were invited to a playgroup for a party on two different days.
One party had all healthy food and one sugary crap. This was all the parents knew and they were asked to guess which party it was based on the behaviour when the children were picked up.
What they didn't know what that the activities were going to be different.
At the sugary party the activities were all very sedate, at the healthy party all very lively.
All the parents guessed incorrectly which was which based on behaviour.


As an aside my folks had a similar attitude to sweets until I was about 6 when my mother suddenly stopped smoking and turned to very healthy eating. As a result I wasn't allowed to have any crisps, cakes, biscuits, sweets or chocolate. This resulted in me craving this kind of crap and as soon as I was old enough buying it and hiding it in my room. When I left home and went to Uni I could eat what ever I wanted and got fat.
Although I am reasonably careful about what I eat I still have a thing of hiding food.
Mr Bin however grew up in a house where chocolate and biscuits were always freely available. He likes the occasional chocolate bar but he doesn't have the issues that I do.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Mon 13 Oct 2008, 12:57, Reply)