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Parental guidance: Nutritious cookies?

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Q. Cookie makers have been marketing certain cookies as being more nutritious -- containing as many vitamins as blueberries or oranges, for instance, or as much fiber as a bowl of oatmeal. Should parents feel better about giving their children these cookies because of such claims?

"You don't want your children walking around thinking that the way they can get good nutrition is through eating...

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