Doctors and dietitians at Children's National Hospital in D.C. are prescribing some patients nutritious foods in an effort to fight disease. A team of dietitians at the hospital unloaded the week's ...

Schools, youth clubs and other groups are being sent a charter highlighting what children and teenagers have said they want to learn about food. More than 250 eight to 16-year-olds in Bristol were ...

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

Food hoarding is a behavior that can perplex and worry parents. Finding hidden stashes of snacks and perishables in a child’s room can raise concerns about their well-being. Understanding why children ...

This proactive approach can take the stress out of dinners and make your children part of a dinner game-plan. Here are some simple and smart ways to involve your children as you plan your dinner menus ...

Exposure to junk food advertisements (relative to non-food) results in children and adolescents consuming significantly more calories during the day, regardless of the type of media advertising, ...

Every week, Caitlin Sciutto stops by Target and piles her cart with pureed food pouches for her 4-year-old and twin 18-month-old sons. In goes a 24-pack of unsweetened applesauce. Then a 24-pack of ...

Arguably the ultimate in emerging markets, brands have been capitalising on foods, made specifically for kids, for decades. But are parents turning away from these specially manufactured and marketed ...

Louisiana lawmakers are trying to push Gov. Jeff Landry's administration to join a federal summer food program for low-income children. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Republican leaders in the ...

Boxes of food from the Farm Share food distribution are loaded into cars at the Jessie Trice Community Health Center in Miami Gardens on Friday June 1, 2022. Florida Policy Institute has released its ...

A study looked at a year of TV ads on a major, free channel in Australia. A new study in Australia looked at how much junk food advertising kids were exposed to and the numbers were staggering. Food ...

Children's exposure to food-related ads on television has significantly decreased since 2013, but they still see over 1,000 mostly unhealthy ads annually, indicating a need for government regulation.