Amy Edwards, center, prepare for a spaghetti squash dinner with her kids, Ashleigh, Zachary and Grace, at their home in Springfield, Pa. Wednesday, June 12, 2019. The Edwards are part of a Drexel University study - Project Picnic - that helps parents encourage their kids to develop healthy eating habits. (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
The wake-up call for Amy Edwards came in the form of a doctor’s appointment for her six-year-old daughter, whose weight gain over the last year had prompted a discussion with the paediatrician about healthy eating.
“I wasn’t paying as much attention as I should have,” said Edwards, a divorced mother of four, who works full time as the director of the Drexel Autism Support Programme for Student Life.
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