The New York Times printed an article yesterday about a study out of Duke University. The study examined whether fiction books with health messages impact the health of the young girls who read them. There is some indication that the books with healthy messages certainly don't hurt and may even help.
You can find the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/14/health/14well.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
The article generated considerable discussion about the value of hiding messages in entertainment novels and other ways to influence children's health decisions. You can find the discussion here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/13/books-for-girls-with-a-health-message/.
So what do you think of the approach? Is it just preaching that most girls will ignore? Is it potentially useful? What might work better?
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