More Pediatric Diet & Fitness News

• Fruit Juice May Be Healthy for Kids: Study

  June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Children who drink 100 percent fruit juices apparently don't tend ...

• Kids Gulping Down More Sugary Beverages

  June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children and teens are gulping down more sugary beverages and ...

• Childhood Obesity May Be Leveling Off

  May 27 (HealthDay News) -- In what may be the first good news in the ...

• Girls Participating in Sports in Record Numbers

  April 14 (HealthDay News) -- A record number of American girls are participating in sports, ...

• School Environment Can Curb Kids' Weight Gain

  April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Schools that serve healthier foods, offer nutrition education and reward ...

• Too Little Sleep Leads to Too Much Weight for Kids

  April 7 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who get less than 12 hours of sleep a ...

• More Vitamin D in Childhood Cuts Later Diabetes Risk

  March 21 (HealthDay News) -- Children who take vitamin D supplements may be less likely ...

• Preschool Intervention Curbed Trend Toward Obesity

  March 12 (HealthDay News) -- A preschool-based weight control intervention program instilled healthy eating habits ...

• Restricting TV and Computer Time Helps Kids Lose Weight

  March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Cutting kids' TV and computer time by half reduced the ...

• Obese Children Face More Complications During Surgery

  March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Obese children are much more likely than normal-weight children to ...

• Overweight Hispanic Kids Show Early Markers for Diabetes

  Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- A small U.S. study found that obese Hispanic children and ...

• Fast Food Ads Fueling Obesity Among Hispanic Kids

  Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The large number of fast food commercials on Spanish-language television ...

• Poverty Drains Nutrition from Family Diet

  Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Members of poor households in which it is consistently hard ...

• Cutting Back on Salt Cuts Down on Sodas with Kids

  Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing children's salt intake may lower their consumption of sugar-sweetened ...

• Malnutrition Responsible for a Third of Child Deaths Worldwide

  Jan. 18 (HealthDay News) -- "The key messages here are that the international nutrition system is ...

• School Social Standing Linked to Teen Girls' Weight Gain

  Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Teenaged girls who believed they were lower on the social ...

• Parental Control of Eating Leads to Lighter Toddlers

  Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Controlling what your toddlers consume, either by trying to get ...

• Breast Is Best for Reducing Stress

  Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Breast-feeding is considered a great way for a mother to ...

• Children Who Sleep Less Weigh More

  Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children who get less than nine hours of sleep a ...