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08/17/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Familiarity with a variety of healthy foods through the early years leads children to good eating habits later

For parents, encouraging children to eat healthier can be a daunting task, especially if their little ones are very picky. According to a review paper, the best way to remedy this is to introduce your children to different kinds of diets and an assortment of healthy food. Don’t be discouraged if your kids refuse to […]

07/03/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Iodine deficiency is on the rise in industrialized countries

A lot has been done to curb iodine deficiency in many areas worldwide, but a recent study showed that cases of low maternal iodine levels have been identified in areas that were previously known to be iodine-sufficient. The findings of the study, published in the journal Nutrients, raised some concern on the so-called “re-emergence” of iodine deficiency, especially in […]

06/20/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Children with celiac disease need to be regularly evaluated on their vitamin A and D levels

Children with celiac disease need to have their vitamin A and D levels regularly evaluated as researchers discovered that they are more likely to be deficient in these vitamins, according to a new study. In the study, published in the journal BMC Pediatrics, a team of researchers at the Adnan Menderes University in Turkey looked […]

06/08/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Children born to mothers who eat a lot of vegetables are less likely to be asthmatic

Eating a lot of vegetables will not just benefit you – if you’re pregnant, it may also help your baby reduce their chances of developing asthma, according to a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. In the study, researchers from the National Research Institute for Child Health and Development in Japan looked at […]

06/05/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Replacing wheat flour with pumpkin seeds is a sneaky way to improve your child’s diet

Children can be picky eaters – especially when it comes to feeding them with nutritious food. Researchers from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Poland may have found a delicious and sneaky way to get them to eat healthily: Substituting wheat flour with pumpkin seed flour. The study, published in CyTA – Journal of Food, tested how […]

04/23/2018 / By Derek Henry

3 hassle-free ways to improve your children’s health through nutrition

Taking care of your own health can seem like an arduous task some days, so if you are a parent or caring for someone else, the motivation to do it for them can wane on many days. You know it’s important, but the task itself and the fighting to get them to follow along can […]

03/03/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Poor nutrition in early childhood linked to hearing loss

According to a recent study, adolescents who were undernourished as preschool children were at least twice as likely to suffer from hearing loss, unlike peers who were better-nourished. Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health looked into the link between the hearing of over 2,200 adolescents in Nepal and their nutritional levels as children […]

02/24/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Flintstone’s children’s vitamins, owned by biotech giant Bayer, are full of questionable ingredients, including GMOs, aspartame, hydrogenated oils

Parents who give their children vitamins normally do so out of concern for their health, which is why a closer look at the ingredients found in one of the most popular vitamins for children in the country is so shocking. Dubbed “Pediatricians’ #1 Choice,” Bayer’s Flintstones Vitamins are one of the most successful brands on the […]

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