Search Results for 'Food'

Obese Kids: Genes and Junk Food Share Blame

Common childhood obesity -- the kind we usually blame on overindulgence and inactivity -- also has a genetic component, an international collaboration of researchers has concluded. Using genome-wide association techniques, the researchers [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids' weight gains not due to junk food at schools

The junk food sold at schools does not appear to contribute to middle schoolers' weight gains, a new study says. In the study, no link was found between children's weight gain and the amount of time between fifth and eighth grade [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids and vegetables: no more food fights

We're all for sneaking extra nutrition into our kids' lives. Who's going to argue against some stealth carrots grated into pasta sauce? But we're also for expanding our kids' palates. Even to the point - call us crazy [...]

Posted On : Aug, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Sneak veggies into your kids' food

A new study has found that adding pureed vegetables to children's foods nearly doubles their intake of vegetable while reducing calories in the recipes. Preschool children consumed nearly twice as many vegetables and 11 per cent fewer [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Doctors Urge McDonald's To Stop Marketing Junk Food To Kids

In what is seen as a campaign against marketing of junk food to kids, Corporate Accountability International, a nonprofit watchdog group, along with more than 550 health professionals and institutions in all 50 U.S. states on Tuesday sent [...]

Posted On : May, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Junk school canteen food making kids frail: Survey

Consumption of junk food is growing at an alarming rate. The ASSOCHAM survey "Rise in Consumption Pattern of Junk Food in the School", wherein 5,000 students from 25 private and public schools in five cities including Ahmedabad [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Proposed ban on toys in kids' fast food meals

One elected official thinks banning tiny, colorful, inviting toys from being given out for free with kids' meals at fast food restaurants will help make kids healthier. Queens Councilman Leroy Comrie thinks the toys only 'entice& [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

FDA Panel Says No Support for Linking Food Dyes, Hyper Kids

The FDA's Food Advisory Committee has voted 11-3 that there is not enough evidence to conclude that artificial dyes used to color foods contribute to hyperactivity in children. But the panel -- which included outside experts in [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Kids with food allergies may be the target of schoolyard bul...

As if kids with food allergies didn't have enough to deal with at school, now they may have to worry about being bullied. A study finds that some children who have food allergies could be the target of bullies -- and some of those bu [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Are Your Kids Eating the Right Foods?

Are your kids driving you up the wall? Are you looking at your children and wondering what is wrong with this kid? They won't listen, can't be still, and can't concentrate for more than a second, and it's impossible to get homework done! [...]