These Treats are all Tricks: How to Overcome the Sweets-as-Reward Traphttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/10/29/sweets-treats.aspxBy Dr. Joseph Mercola with Rachael Droege Halloween is just around the corner and I bet the first thing on everyone’s mind as they scramble to put together last-minute costumes and carve their yearly pumpkin is not the rising numbers of overweight childrenenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)re: These Treats are all Tricks: How to Overcome the Sweets-as-Reward Traphttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2003/10/29/sweets-treats.aspx#227843Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:18:17 GMT24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:227843etbsndc<p>You&#39;re spot on, Dr. Mercola. &nbsp;Using sugar for rewards is &nbsp;slippery slope indeed. &nbsp;You offer some very good suggestions. &nbsp;I hope people will pay attention. &nbsp;I do not and never have participated in the halloween sugar orgy. &nbsp;I might consider giving out small toys, pens, pencils and so forth in the future. &nbsp;I do not do the Easter thing either, for the same reason.</p> <img src="http://articles.mercola.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=227843" width="1" height="1">