More young people and adults in their 30s and 40s are being hospitalized for stroke, even as stroke rates are dropping in older people, new data...

Excerpt:   Buchanan, whose daughter Skye is in fourth-grade at the school, has been working with Fremont for 11 years. He runs a program that introduces...

Baked goods, pizza and soda. According to an article in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, these are the top three sources of calories...

Presidents of two royal colleges of medicine urge government to restrict advertising and sponsorship by makers of unhealthy foods and introduce diet health warnings Leading doctors...

The European Union has approved a new chewable form of cholesterol blockbuster Lipitor for children 10 and up with high levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides,...

No parent wants to raise a spoiled brat--a kid who is selfish, demanding and insensitive to others. But what is it that spoils children? I don't...

The D.C. Council plans to give final approval Tuesday to school nutrition and physical education standards that would be among the strictest in the country, mandating...

Looking for a children's picture book that inspires compassion for farm animals? Granny Gomez & Jigsaw (Disney-Hyperion, 2010) tells the story of a mountain-climbing, drum-playing old...

We hear it on the news like a drumbeat: Millions of kids eat out too much, lack access to fruits and vegetables, and it seems no...

Lingering residue from tobacco smoke which clings to upholstery, clothing and the skin releases cancer-causing agents, work in PNAS journal shows. Berkeley scientists in the US...

Many overweight teens don't think they are, according to an article in The Journal of American Academy of Pediatrics. Referring to the February article, "Where Perception...

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Gigi reaches up into her sun salutation. She steps back into her high lunge and kicks her legs straight into plank pose, a push-up she holds...

Organized efforts to get preschoolers moving appear to have little influence on whether or not they become overweight, new research suggests.Preschool-aged children in a Scottish study...

B12 for Vegan Babies Q: We have an 8-month old baby who is being raised vegan and, of course, we want to make sure he is...