One of the more significant challenges we face as parents is making sure our kids are growing at a healthy rate.

Lunchables meal kits from the National School Lunch Program due to weak demand. Many kids love Lunchables, the colorful, ...

The United States is considered a “snack nation.” According to a 2024 IFIC Food & Health Survey, 74% of Americans snack at least one time per day. Grocery stores don't make it any easier for us to ...

The decade may have seen the rise of pre-prepared meals, but there’s more nutrition in them than you might think ...

Cholesterol tests are well-established as an important part of a routine health screening – for adults. For young people, it's another story.

Keeping strict control of sugar intake in early life may have a major impact on reducing the risk of chronic disease later in adulthood. Researchers from the University of Southern California’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Recent studies have shown equivalence of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets for weight loss (JW Gen Med Sep 15 2010, p. 141, and Ann Intern Med 2010; 153:147). In this large prospective study ...

But another key factor in the problem is mothers taking babies off breast milk too early and substituting cows' milk, which is low in iron. Dr Margaret Lawson, of the Institute of Child Health ...

you can include milk or tofu in your diet. (Pexels) Reduce the oil and ghee you use in cooking What's Raj Ganpath's no. 3 tip? He says, "Go low fat and reduce the amount of oil and ghee you use.

Was he involved in sports or the local scouts? If his family was known to Tusla, the State’s child and family agency, how did it not recognise he was not present? Garda Commissioner Drew Harris ...