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

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

Local students are helping to determine what might be on the school lunch menu next year by taste testing some new recipes.

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

I'm a mom and a dietitian. I feed my toddler processed foods as part of a balanced diet, and to foster a healthy relationship ...

For many parents, feeding their infant or toddler healthy foods is a priority. But a recent study found that nearly ...

Children living in low-income areas with limited food access during early childhood are at greater risk for higher BMI and ...

A survey for young people on topics including smoking, health, exercise and food is set to open in October. Statistics Jersey ...

"We give eight times as much subsidies to tobacco in this country than we do to fruits and vegetables," Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Healthy recipes and subsidized meal boxes ... and it is important that we also focus on food, not just physical activity.

As picky eaters, kids often gravitate to unhealthy foods high in sugar, fat, and low in nutrition. Many classic kids' foods like fruit snacks, cereal, yogurt, and fast food fall into this category.