No New Name for High Fructose Corn Syrup
Savvy shoppers know to scour nutrition labels. Sometimes, that’s easier said than done. Labels are already pretty tricky to decipher— it’s difficult to make sense of ingredients like xanthan gum,...
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Asthma Drug May Stunt Growth Permanently An inhaled drug commonly used to treat children with asthma cuts about half an inch off their height permanently, researchers reported. (via NBC) Organic Food...
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Fast Food Chains To Post Nutrition Info
America is one of the fattest nations in the world, and our kids are tipping the scales, too: one-third of American children are overweight or obese. We’ve talked about preparing nutritious meals and...
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New Yorkers Say Goodbye to Supersize Sodas
“Are You Pouring On the Pounds?” That’s the question posed by advertisements plastered on New York City subway cars. The ads depict sugar packets and beverage containers bubbling over with globs of...
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School Lunches That Make the Grade
My elementary school didn’t have a cafeteria, but every Tuesday was pizza day. Drooling students lined up in the hallway clutching dollar bills to pay for a piping-hot pepperoni slice and a little...
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American Baby’s Baby Booty: Win Three Months of KIND Bars!
When you pack up your diaper bag with everything your baby could possibly need on an outing, don’t forget to pack something for yourself! Especially water and a little something to eat, to ward off...
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Scott Walker’s Voucher Fight; School Safety Questions Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker first tangled with his state’s teachers union when he signed a bill that upended collective bargaining. (via...
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The Mediterranean Diet—A (Near) Perfect Pregnancy Plan
Big news, you guys. You know that delicious bowl (or, um, sometimes pseudo-bucket) of olive oil they give you at every Italian restaurant? The one you sometimes feel a little guilty about sopping up...
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Philadelphia School Lunches Get Fancy With ‘Eatiquette’ Program (Photos) It sounds more like a restaurant order than a school lunch menu: baked ziti with a side of roasted fennel salad and, for...
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Pet Frogs Linked to Salmonella Outbreak in Kids: CDC Small water frogs marketed and sold as pets are linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections from 2008 to 2011, according to a report from the...
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Chris Noth on raising his 5-year-old: “I want him to be a strong, but gentle,...
Last month, Chris Noth presented a generous donation to Nourish Now—an organization that brings meals to families in need—on behalf of BV Wines. Parents spoke to Chris about how his work (both...
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Cookbook Q&A: Best Baby and Toddler Feeding Tips
Both in the U.S. and the U.K., Annabel Karmel is the number-one name for moms who want to make their own baby food. The mother of three has written more than a dozen books about feeding babies and...
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Chop To It! How To Get Your Kids in the Kitchen
After writing more than 21 cookbooks and contributing to numerous national publications, mom-of-two Sally Sampson decided to dedicate her skills to the fight against childhood obesity. In 2010,...
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Andre Agassi’s Box Budd!es Shake Up The Lunchbox
Parents caught up with tennis star, humanitarian, father (and now snack-creator) Andre Agassi upon the launch of his new snack line for kids, Box Budd!es. Agassi teamed up with V20 Foods to create...
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Giada’s Recipe for Feeling Good
You know Giada De Laurentiis: the Food Network star, author of 10 books, mom, and all-around busy lady who somehow stays thin, healthy, and gorgeous. It’s enough to make us mortals green with envy. But...
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Dinner in 30 Minutes: Fat Chance?
Healthy and quick have always seemed to be on different playing fields when it comes to dinner. But pediatrician and dad of two Robert Lustig, M.D., has spent 16 years trying to change that—all while...
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Could You Give Up Sugar for a Day? Join Us As We Try
A couple years ago writer Eve Schaub, her husband, and their two small kids stopped eating sugar — for a whole year. Not only did this mean no cookies, candy, or ice cream, they also discovered that...
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Parents Tackles A Day of No Sugar
Zero. Zilch. Nada. Today, a few of us here at Parents are going sugar-free. That means no table sugar in our coffee, honey in our tea, or syrup in our oatmeal. It also means saying no to any processed...
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Lessons From A Day of No Sugar
We did it! We survived a day of no sugar. Inspired by Eve Schaub’s new book Year of No Sugar, several of my colleagues and I shunned the sweet stuff on Wednesday, part of a national #NoSugarChallenge....
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