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Proposed Nutrition Standards for School Foods
School age kids spend most of their day at school, where the foods that are available to them can range from healthy, nutritious foods in the lunchroom to sodas and candy from vending machines.

Grandparents also important to children's weight
The obesity epidemic is not limited to Western countries; China's growing economic development has had its impact on that country's waistline, as well.

Kids' weight control a family affair
We know that overweight and obese children are much more likely than normal-weight children to grow up to be overweight and obese adults. Studies have found that when parents take sole responsibility . . . .

Magazine articles on weight loss and their impact on teens
Studies of adolescent behavior indicate that about 10% of all high school students are trying to lose (or at least maintain) weight by using diet pills, powders or liquids.

Want your kids to eat more fruit?
I've written before about how few children and adolescents are eating their recommended five servings of fruit and vegetables per day. Researchers at Yale University recently discovered a simple way to get kids to eat more fruit

Like parents, like kids
Experts in pediatrics have identified four important activity and dietary recommendations for children's health.

Kids also eat more while watching TV
I wrote not long ago about how distractions such as music during a meal will contribute to adults eating more than they would without music on, and you've probably heard the estimates that children consume about 25% of their daily meals in front of the television.

How much television do your kids watch?
A recent study from the University of Missouri followed 8,000 children from kindergarten through third grade. The children were participants in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten Cohort, a sample of children from schools nationwide who entered kindergarten in 1989.

Adolescents low in fruits and vegetables
We've known for a while that a diet high in fruits and vegetables can help reduce your risk of many chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and diabetes. Since healthy eating habits are most easily set early in life, childhood and adolescent eating habits are becoming an important topic in dietary research.

Eating healthy important for kids' weight, too
It's clear that what's known as a "Western" diet, comprised of high-fat foods, refined grains, and lots of sugar, is one of the primary causes of the rise in obesity levels throughout the Western world. Most studies of dietary patterns, however, are focused on adults and their diets while in adulthood.

Impulsiveness may help explain childhood obesity
A great deal of attention is being paid to childhood obesity. In the press there are many causes put forth including the rise of fast food, consumption of soda and decrease in activity.