Keith Ayoob answers the question: 'Forcing Kids to Eat Only Healthy Foods?' February 1, 2009 -- Question: Should I force my kids to eat only healthy foods? Answer: You really should never force your ...

Healthy Foods For Kids: Nowadays, even the children of the house have started liking to eat outside junk food. This kind of unhealthy diet has a negative effect on the mental and physical health of ...

If you’ve ever had a tough time getting your kids to eat something healthy, you’re definitely not alone. Kids can be picky, and finding snacks that are both good for them and actually get eaten is a ...

If you’re looking for snack foods for your kids, you’ll find lots of pre-packaged and unhealthy options, but snacks don ...

Picky eaters? Not so much after kids have chopped the onions and celery and cooked the pasta and flatbread - and then enjoyed ...

We like to say that food is medicine, yet the nation’s largest daily prescription is written with virtually none of the safeguards that govern drugs. Every year, the National School Lunch Program ...

The brain of a child remains most active in the morning, thus making breakfast an essential meal of the day. The foods that ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – One in five kids and adolescents in the U.S. is obese and it’s considered a serious public health problem. Obesity can affect everything in the body, like the heart and lungs, and ...

Back when Kerri Boutelle's children were younger, she remembers watching how kids would eat ice cream cones. She noticed a big difference between some siblings. "One child would eat half of the ice ...

The Healthy Earth, Healthy Kids Day at the Willmar Civic Center gave local youth a chance to play, learn and get some goodies to help them take good care of themselves and the Earth. Kids take off ...

Congress has passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, reversing a 2012 restriction and allowing schools to offer whole and 2% milk again (pending the president’s signature).