{"id":106,"date":"2003-10-28T23:32:40","date_gmt":"2003-10-28T23:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/?p=106"},"modified":"2011-05-01T18:33:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T23:33:42","slug":"trick-or-toy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"trick or toy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Are you a health-conscious do-gooder worried about  giving out sugary treats this Halloween that may rot children&#8217;s teeth  and weigh them down with unnecessary calories? Forget the boxes of  raisins (a lame treat anyway), and hand out nonedible toys instead, all  without the worry of your house being egged in retaliation. According to  a Yale study published in the <em>Journal of Nutrition, Education and  Behavior,<\/em> children are just as likely to choose a toy as candy on  Halloween. The study was conducted at seven homes in five Connecticut  towns last Halloween and involved 284 children between the ages of 3 and  14. The kids were offered a choice between fruit-flavored candies, such  as lollipops or chews, or toys, such as stretch pumpkin men or  glow-in-the-dark insects. It was found that half of the children chose  toys when offered both. &#8220;This finding may reassure adults that children  will not be disappointed by noncandy treats,&#8221; said the study&#8217;s principal  investigator, research scientist Marlene Schwartz of Yale&#8217;s Department  of Psychology. <\/span><\/p>\n<h6><em>This news brief appeared in the Random Data column of the <\/em>Boston Globe&#8217;s<em> Health\/Science section on 10\/28\/2003.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a health-conscious do-gooder worried about giving out sugary treats this Halloween that may rot children&#8217;s teeth and weigh them down with unnecessary calories? Forget the boxes of raisins (a lame treat anyway), and hand out nonedible toys instead, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/?p=106\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-globe-3","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agnieszkabiskup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}