Healthy Eating

• Halloween Candy Hints

  For health-conscious parents, Halloween can be tricky. Do you set limits? Do you let kids decide how much to eat? There isn’t just one right answer.

• Handling Picky Eating in Toddlers (Video)

  Make mealtimes more pleasant and less stressful for everyone by learning how to handle a picky eater.

• Healthy Food Shopping

  What you put in the grocery cart can affect your child’s health and attitude toward nutritious food.

• How to Add Balance to a Favorite Meal

  It can be easy to add balance to your child’s favorite meals. Find out how to do it.

• How to Keep Kids Satisfied With Healthy, Low-Cost Foods

  You can help your child feel satisfied with healthy foods that don’t cost a lot.

• How to Make a Healthy Snack

  Healthy snacks give your child the right balance of fiber and protein.

• How to Make a Low-Cost and Healthy Dinner

  Find out how to make dinner that’s healthy and doesn’t cost a lot.

• How to Raise a Healthy Eater

  Good nutrition and a balanced diet help kids grow up healthy. Here’s how to improve nutrition and encourage smart eating habits.

• Hunger and Your Preschooler

  Your preschooler eats lunch, then 20 minutes later claims to be hungry. Is a snack OK? Maybe yes, maybe no. Here’s why.

• Iron

  Iron is an important ingredient needed to make hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying part of every red blood cell.