kids

Could Household Disinfectants Be Making Kids Overweight?

September 25, 2018

Multi-surface cleaners and other commonly used household disinfectants could be making children overweight by altering the bacteria found in their guts, a new [...]

Do Parents Make Kids Fat?

January 9, 2018

As parents, do we determine our children’s eating habits? There’s a lot of blame when it comes to childhood obesity, eating disorders and body image problems, but how [...]

Should Most Kids Should Try Peanuts?

January 11, 2017

Parents worried about peanut allergies now have some surprising new guidance: Give some peanut to your babies. New guidelines out Thursday say that even babies with the [...]

Skipping Breakfast and Not Enough Sleep Can Make Children Overweight

November 15, 2016

Mothers smoking in pregnancy, children skipping breakfast and not having a regular bedtime or sufficient sleep all appear to be important factors in predicting whether a [...]

Five Second Rule for Food on Floor Is Untrue

September 19, 2016

You may think your floors are so clean you can eat off them, but a new study debunking the so-called five-second rule would suggest otherwise. Professor Donald W. Schaffner, [...]

No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Sugar a Day for Kids

August 24, 2016

Mary Poppins may need to find a new tactic to make the medicine go down. Children, ages 2 to 18, should consume no more than about six teaspoons of added sugars in their [...]

I Wasted Decades Feeling Fat and Ugly

January 27, 2016

I was a fat kid, a fat teen, a fat adult, and have been “fat shamed” ever since I can remember. When I was a kid they just called it “teasing.” But there is one [...]

Preschoolers Who Eat Their Veggies Just as Likely to Eat Junk Food

January 12, 2016

Public-health experts have long expected that kids who eat more carrots and apples are less likely to eat a lot of candy and fries, but new research is calling that into [...]

Cutting Sugar Improves Children’s Health in Just 10 Days

October 28, 2015

Obese children who cut back on their sugar intake see improvements in their blood pressure, cholesterol readings and other markers of health after just 10 days, a rigorous [...]

Light Exposure Linked to Weight Gain in Children