Senators ask network to ban kids' junk food ads
CHARLESTON, West Virginia - Four U.S. senators are calling on children's cable network Nickelodeon to ban ads targeted at children that promote and sell junk food and sugar.
View ArticleGoodbye M&M's, hello granola bars as school snacks
WASHINGTON - Kids, your days of blowing off those healthier school lunches and filling up on cookies from the vending machine are numbered. The government is onto you.
View ArticlePreschoolers offered free summer meal program
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi - For as long as many can remember, the Petal and Hattiesburg school districts have provided free meals during the summers for children 18 years and younger, and this summer is...
View ArticleGreenville schools to offer more free meals
GREENVILLE, Mississippi - The Greenville Public School District will offer breakfast free to students beginning in August.
View ArticleMichelle Kwan kicks off "Let's Read! Let's Move!"
WASHINGTON - Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan read to excited children and cheered them on as she helped kick off the Education Department's "Let's Read! Let's Move!" summer program.
View ArticleFood ambassador offers kids healthy eating advice
BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky - Kids in Bowling Green got a lesson on eating healthy and where food comes from an ambassador for a celebrity chef.
View ArticleIndiana YMCAs targeting childhood obesity problem
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana is one of 14 states that the national YMCA is targeting for an initiative against childhood obesity.
View ArticleMaine program to give nutritious food to children
BRUNSWICK, Maine - A Brunswick organization is launching a program that aims to provide children in need with nutritious food.
View ArticleMeal programs expand summer nutrition for kids
FEDERAL WAY, Washington - Four days a week this summer, lime green school buses loaded with games, books and computers rumbled through low-income neighborhoods south of Seattle. Their aim wasn't just...
View ArticleMichelle Obama to appear on 'Sabado Gigante'
MIAMI - Michelle Obama is scheduled to appear on the popular Spanish-language variety show "Sabado Gigante."
View ArticleGrants to fund healthy habits in childcare centers
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning has been given a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement nutrition and exercise programs at childcare centers throughout...
View ArticleRickets making a comeback in the UK, doctors say
LONDON - Rickets, the childhood disease that once caused an epidemic of bowed legs and curved spines during the Victorian era, is making a shocking comeback in 21st-century Britain.
View ArticleAudit says La. lax in its oversight of WIC program
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Louisiana's public health office has done a poor job of monitoring a federal nutrition program for poor women and children, allowing stores to sell expired food and overcharge...
View ArticleFood stamp cuts create trouble for school system
DECATUR, Alabama - The cafeteria scene at Somerville Road Elementary was heartbreaking for reading coach Missy Gann.
View ArticleNMSU to participate in program for healthy kids
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service is participating in a program to help rural communities improve access to healthy eating and physical activities for...
View ArticleKentucky receives award for child nutrition
FRANKFORT, Kentucky - The Kentucky Department of Education's Division of School and Community Nutrition has been chosen for an award for outstanding service in child nutrition.
View ArticleKan. farm-to-preschool program seeks more funding
LAWRENCE, Kansas - A northeast Kansas program that teaches hundreds of preschoolers and child care providers each year about growing and eating healthy food is facing a sustainability problem.
View ArticleSubway joins first lady's healthy eating effort
WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama is getting a new ally in her campaign to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables.
View ArticleStudy: Kids' obesity risk starts before school age
Those efforts to fight obesity in schools? Think younger. A new study finds that much of a child's "weight fate" is set by age 5, and that nearly half of kids who became obese by the eighth grade were...
View ArticleNew rules would ensure safety of infant formula
WASHINGTON - After nearly two decades of study, the Food and Drug Administration proposed rules Thursday designed to make sure that infant formula is safe and nutritious.
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