A balanced diet with essential nutrients is very much needed for a growing child. However, with so many options available in ...

If you’re looking for snack foods for your kids, you’ll find lots of pre-packaged and unhealthy options, but snacks don’t need to be unhealthy. There are plenty of options for wholesome and healthy ...

As winter approaches, children become more vulnerable to illnesses. Maintaining a balanced diet during this season is crucial ...

While many restaurants have healthy options for kids, such options are rarely advertised. This undermines efforts to ...

Ph.D., R.D. Marketing strategies are often used to promote foods and drinks that are high in fat, sugar and/or salt to ...

Nutrition services director Vickie Coffey hopes the program, which is in its pilot year, can be expanded to Edgewood junior ...

Prescription opioid pills were the No. 1 source of danger -- but not the only one. Kids got access to used fentanyl patches, illicit drug paraphernalia and even traces of opioids left on discarded ...

Childhood obesity has become increasingly prevalent in recent years, leading to concerning shifts in societal perceptions of ...

Parents are sharing their concerns over school lunches and processed foods. A local doctor is encouraging kids to add more ...

The exorbitant cost of the failing health of our kids, the needless suffering and death, can be ended by a Kennedy Commission ...

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A kiwi is also going to provide a good boost of fiber, antioxidants and potassium, adds Shelly Wegman, registered dietitian ...