The BBC was also inundated with e-mails and phone calls from saying Lapland New Forest was exploiting children and their families and was "a rip off".

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Stories like Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel might be fantasy, but in the days when wolves and outlaws patrolled the forest, they were a warning for children to keep out of the woods.

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Sean and Deirdre Doherty and their two children escaped serious injury in Randalstown Forest park.

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Researchers from Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina studied 30 children diagnosed with nutritional rickets over a 10-year period.

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That led to color-coded paths, a Magic Forest in the main lobby and a wishing tree where family members can write their hopes for hospitalized children.

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In May 2010 in a study involving 275 children vaccinated with the MMR vaccine, who demonstrated regressive autism and bowel disease, the Wake Forest University School of Medicine reported that of the 82 so far tested 70 proved positive for measles virus all of which was the vaccine measles strain none were wild measles strains.

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If travelling with the children, Joy Ride Tours offers private kiddie-friendly outings to the Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest), while their more adult offerings include a Cannabis Tour and the Canal Boat and Bike Tour.

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