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Keeping Your Kids Healthy
Have you ever wondered what foods are best for your child, or how to encourage your child to enjoy healthy foods? How much sugar is appropriate? How about fat and fiber? HELP! Read on to discover strategies for sneaking a little healthy into your child’s diet, tips for understanding nutritional content, and ideas for keeping your child’s food safe and tasty.
Recent Research on Family Nutrition
- USDA Unveils New Food Guide Pyramid
- Parents Who Focus Less on Picky Eating Habits Could Encourage Fruit and Veggie Intake in Kids
- Kids Can Be Taught to Eat Healthy Foods, Study Finds
- KidsPoll: Kids Speak Up About Healthy Eating
- Food Makers and Media Should Promote Healthier Eating for Kids, Report Says
- Parents Play Important Role in How Much Kids Eat
- Fruits and Veggies Linked to Bone Health
- The Dangers of Candy-Flavored Vitamins
- AAP: Parents and Doctors Need to Keep an Eye on Kids' Calcium
- Do Low-Fat Foods Make Us Fat?
- Chinese Food: Healthy or Not?
Strategies for Eating Healthy
- Kids and Food: 10 Tips for Parents
- Nutrition for Everyone: Quick Tips -- Healthy Children, Healthy Choices
- Nutrition for Everyone: Quick Tips -- Fruits and Vegetables
- Healthy Eating
- Nutrition Programs for Children
- Keeping Portions Under Control
- How Can I Get My Child to Eat Vegetables?
- How Should I Deal With a Picky Eater?
- 10 Tips to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for You
- How Can Families Be Healthier?
- Breakfast Basics
- Family Meals
- School Lunches
- Grocery List: Shopping for Foods With Calcium
- Make Calcium Easy-to-Get at Home
- Kids and On-the-Go Nutrition
- Strategies for Feeding a Preschooler
- Healthy Drinks for Kids
- Healthy Halloween Habits: Tips From Parents
- Halloween Candy Hints
- Picky Eater Problem
- Healthy Ice Cream? The Goods on a Good Thing
Cooking
Food Safety
- Food Safety for Your Family
- USDA Gives Tips for Keeping Kids' Food Safe All Day
- Food-borne Illnesses From Produce on the Rise
Nutrition Information
- USDA Unveils New Food Guide Pyramid
- The Food Guide Pyramid
- Inside the Pyramid: Tips to Help You Eat Whole Grains
- 8 Superfoods for the Family Table
- Revealing Trans Fats
- Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Your Child
- Caffeine and Your Child
- Calcium and Your Child
- Mighty Milk
- Does Skim Milk Provide the Same Nutrients as Whole Milk?
- When Should My Child Switch to Skim Milk?
- Iron and Your Child
- Fiber and Your Child
- Fats and Your Child
- Cholesterol and Your Child
- Vegetarianism
- Your Child's Weight
- Power Drinks: Should Your Child Drink Them?
- What Should Preschoolers Drink?
- Can I Feed My Baby Honey?
- Hunger and Your Preschooler
- Hunger and Malnutrition
Nutrition Terms Defined
- Definition: Blood Glucose Level
- Definition: Blood Glucose Meter
- Definition: Carbohydrate
- Definition: Carbohydrate Counting
- Definition: Exchange Meal Plan
- Definition: Fats
- Definition: Fatty Acids
- Definition: Glucagon
- Definition: Glucose
- Definition: Glycemic Index
- Definition: Glycogen
