When it comes to picking the best exercise to lose weight, there is no one right answer. That’s because the right answer is variety, mixing…
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By the time they’re teenagers, babies born prematurely may be getting poorer school grades than their non-preemie peers. Researchers found that babies born before 34…
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When it comes to weight loss, what seems to matter most is how often and how much you eat, rather than when you eat. That’s…
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While childhood obesity gets a lot of attention, some kids struggle with the opposite issue — they have trouble gaining weight. So, how can parents…
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As colds, flu and COVID continue to circulate this winter, a new U.S. government study finds that young children infected with COVID plus a second…
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When birth rates fall in the United States, experts try to figure out what’s happening. The fertility rate is at its lowest since the 1970s…
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A Texas-based education initiative has found that enrolling children in poor communities in gardening and cooking classes may help boost their long-term health. Called “Texas…
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A common eating plan with a catchy acronym — the DASH diet — is designed to help you lower your blood pressure, but exactly what…
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If a study conducted at one St. Louis hospital is a good indicator, the COVID pandemic is tied to a surge in childhood injuries and…
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Vaccinations among kindergarteners declined for the second year in a row, leaving hundreds of thousands of young children vulnerable to dangerous infectious diseases, U.S. health…
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So, after a month of holiday eating, your pants are too tight and you’re desperate to lose the extra weight as quickly as possible, but…
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Continuing a decades-long trend, the percentage of American women who’ve ever had a child declined again in the latest figures from the U.S. Centers for…
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