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

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

Having a sister protects young teens "from feeling lonely, unloved, guilty, self-conscious and fearful," says a new study in the Journal of ...

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.

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.