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A new report on eating disorders cites data showing a sharp increase in children's hospitalizations for such problems.

Health officials are urging adults to get vaccinated against pertussis and flu as a way protect babies and other vulnerable patients.

Finding healthful kids' meals is not child's play, found a survey of eight fast-food chains.

We’ve been covering the progress of the proposal to ban the inclusion of toys in unhealthy fast food meals.

The Daily Beast examined the data for kids meals from dozens of national chain restaurants across the four categories available for each eatery: calories, saturated fat, sodium, and carbohydrates. Each meal was ranked within each nutritional category, then the ranking each meal received for each nutritional category was totaled to determine the final ranking.

A simple, five-minute conversation with parents during their baby's regularly scheduled 9-month checkup can help their child stop bottle-feeding, according to new research released Monday.

Are the toys in your child's Happy Meal making him fat? The Center for Science in the Public Interest says they are. The Washington-based consumer advocacy group threatened to file a lawsuit against McDonald's Tuesday, charging that the fast food chain "unfairly and deceptively" markets the toys to children.

A new analysis of U.S. health data links children's attention-deficit disorder with exposure to common pesticides used on fruits ...

The vast majority of infants in the U.S. are not getting the vitamin D that they need, even if they are fed vitamin-enriched formula, a new study has found.

Children are now eating 168 more calories from snacks than kids did in 1977, a new study shows.