Where Plant-Based Eaters Get Their Nutrients
Researchers compared what people eat on vegan, vegetarian, and meat-eating diets to understand where they get important nutrients like protein, iron, and …
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Most Parents Want Eco-Friendly Foods for Kids—Here's What They're Already Doing
A new study asked 316 Australian parents about feeding their children in ways that are better for the environment. Good news: most parents already do many …
Read MoreKids with Pancreas Problems Do Better Eating Normally Than With Feeding Tubes
When children get acute pancreatitis (a painful swelling of the pancreas), doctors have traditionally used feeding tubes to give them nutrition while they …
Read MoreToo Much or Too Little? Understanding Fat-Soluble Vitamins in Kids
Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) are essential nutrients that help children grow, fight infections, and develop properly. Unlike other vitamins that …
Read MoreDoes What Kids Eat Affect ADHD? New Study Explores the Connection
Researchers looked at what nearly 6,500 American children and teens ate to see if their diet's inflammatory properties—how much it causes inflammation in the …
Read MoreNew Tool Helps Track What Spanish Kids Eat for Breakfast
Researchers created and tested a new questionnaire to measure breakfast eating habits in Spanish children and teenagers. The tool asks about 21 different …
Read MoreGood News: Vitamin A Deficiency Dropping Fast in China
Researchers looked at how many people in China didn't get enough vitamin A from 1990 to 2021, and the news is encouraging. They found that vitamin A deficiency …
Read MoreEating More Fruits and Veggies Helps Girls Keep Weight Steady During Treatment
Researchers studied 59 girls with a condition called central precocious puberty (early puberty) who were taking a medicine called leuprolide. They wanted to …
Read MoreOnline Cooking Classes Help Families Cook Healthier Meals Together
Researchers tested an online cooking program called "Up for Cooking" with 73 Dutch families. Parents and kids attended four online cooking classes where they …
Read MoreSpecial Diets That Help Kids With Hard-to-Treat Seizures
Doctors sometimes use special high-fat diets called ketogenic diets to help children whose seizures don't respond to regular medicines. Experts from around the …
Read MoreMixing Special Brain-Protecting Diets Works for Tube-Fed Children
Researchers studied children with serious brain conditions who receive food through feeding tubes. These children were following a special high-fat, low-carb …
Read MoreMany Kids Missing Key Vitamins and Minerals
A new review of German nutrition studies shows that many children and teenagers aren't getting enough important vitamins and minerals like calcium, iron, …
Read MoreSpecial Biscuits Help Fix Gut Bacteria in Kids With Vitamin A Shortage
Researchers in Malaysia tested whether special biscuits made with red palm oil could help improve the gut bacteria of children who didn't have enough vitamin …
Read MoreSpecial Food Guide Helps Kids with Celiac Disease Eat Better
Kids with celiac disease need to avoid gluten, but doctors found they often don't eat a healthy variety of foods. Researchers created a special food guide and …
Read MoreWhy Kids in Mediterranean Countries Eat Too Much Junk Food
Researchers surveyed over 2,000 parents in five Mediterranean countries to understand why children and teenagers eat so much unhealthy ultra-processed …
Read MoreToo Much Added Sugar Linked to Worse Nutrition in Kids and Adults
Researchers looked at what Americans eat and found that people who consume too much added sugar have lower-quality diets and miss out on important nutrients …
Read MoreFamily Meals Matter: Why Eating Together Helps Kids and Dads Eat Healthier
A new study from Finland looked at whether eating meals together as a family affects how healthy everyone eats. Researchers asked nearly 300 families with …
Read MoreColorful Plate Tool Helps Kids Make Healthier Food Choices
Researchers tested a fun, colorful plate guide called Nutripiatto with 781 Italian children to see if it could help them eat better. The tool shows kids what …
Read MoreNew Tool Helps Doctors Guide Parents Through Picky Eating
Picky eating is a common problem for young children that can worry parents and lead to unhealthy eating habits. Doctors and nurses want to help but often don't …
Read MoreWhy Some Kids Have More Colorful Skin: A Fruit and Money Study
Researchers in New Zealand discovered that children who eat more fruit and come from wealthier families tend to have higher levels of natural color-producing …
Read MoreBoys and Girls Eat Differently: What a School Health Program Found
Researchers studied how 1,037 Italian students aged 8-14 eat and exercise, and whether a school nutrition program called MaestraNatura could help them make …
Read MoreVitamins C and E May Help Protect Kids at Risk for Type 1 Diabetes
Scientists followed nearly 6,000 Finnish children who had genes that put them at higher risk for type 1 diabetes. They tracked what vitamins the kids ate from …
Read MoreIron and Vitamin A Key to Fighting Anemia in Kids and Teens
Researchers studied over 54,000 children and teens from 16 countries to understand what causes anemia - a condition where you don't have enough healthy red …
Read MoreMany School Kids Don't Get Enough Iron and Vitamin B12
A study of 234 children in Turkey found that many school-age kids aren't getting enough important nutrients. About 1 in 10 children had anemia (low red blood …
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