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Granola Birthday Cake?

Published February 27, 2009 1:43 PM by Stephen Cornell

The New York Times has a story about parents who may be overzealous about their kids' healthy eating habits.

SODIUM — that’s what worries Greye Dunn. He thinks about calories, too, and whether he’s getting enough vitamins. But it’s the sodium that really scares him.

“Sodium makes your heart beat faster, so it can create something really serious,” said Greye, who is 8 years old and lives in Mays Landing, N.J.

Eight years old and scared of sodium?

“We’re seeing a lot of anxiety in these kids,” said Cynthia Bulik, the director of the eating disorders program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “They go to birthday parties, and if it’s not a granola cake they feel like they can’t eat it."

Granola birthday cake? Now that is over the top.

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