BOSTON - It's important to start eating healthy at an early age but it seem our kids are falling short. According to a new report from the CDC, nearly half of all children between the ages of 1 and 5 ...

School salad bars boost how much fruit kids eat but don't drive up vegetable intake, according to a new study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Children's Hospital of Richmond at ...

Make healthy foods convenient and give them more time to eat them. Research has found that eating healthier is associated with better school performance. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for ...

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Friday revealed that half of American children under 5 years old don’t eat a single vegetable daily and one-third don’t eat a ...

The students at Circle City Prep aren’t big fans of squash – no matter which type their school chef makes. But they do like ...

Parents trying to get their kids to eat fruits and vegetables can set the example by eating healthy themselves. The key is to introduce children to these foods early on, according to dietitians.

MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — The salad bar at John Glenn Middle School comes with instructions. A sign in the Maplewood school’s cafeteria explains that the salad bar as a meal choice includes fruit, vegetables ...

Higher fruit and vegetable intake was linked with greater mental well-being scores among secondary schoolchildren, according to a new study based out of the U.K. "The relationship of diet and ...

When kids sit down to eat lunch at school, fruits and vegetables may not be their first choice. But with more time at the lunch table, they are more likely to pick up those healthy foods. If we want ...

Filling half of a child's plate with fruits and veggies isn't just recommended by the United States Dietary Guidelines, it also helps increase the amount of produce that kids end up eating, according ...