Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise

Researchers discuss physical activity as a way of maintaining or improving health; daily walking is still the best exercise

Unknown 5:31 PM child obesity, childhood obesity, children's health, diet, exercise, nutrition, physical activity, physical inactivity, research, schools

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Obesity worsens the damage that arthritis does to joints, but simply telling patients to go home and...

Poll: Ky. parents think children's school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options

Poll: Ky. parents think children's school lunches are very or somewhat nutritious, but they want more scratch-made options

Unknown 5:00 AM child obesity, nutrition, poll, school lunch, schools

Kentucky Health News Most Kentucky parents think school lunches are nutritious, but should offer more made from-scratch options, according t...

Study: American children's diets will cause early heart disease; Kentucky kids seem to be on the same track

Study: American children's diets will cause early heart disease; Kentucky kids seem to be on the same track

Unknown 12:09 PM child obesity, children's health, fruit, heart health, nutrition, research, soda, vegetables

Kentucky Health News A study shows that American kids are eating themselves toward early heart disease. The study , published in the journal...

Research indicates that students throw away less food since new, healthier lunch rules were put in place

Research indicates that students throw away less food since new, healthier lunch rules were put in place

Unknown 4:17 PM child obesity, federal spending, nutrition, research, school lunch, schools

One of the most consistent complaints about the healthier school-lunch standards is that more food ends up in the garbage can, but a three-y...

Anderson schools' lunch profit is down nearly 10 percent; officials blame new federal nutrition standards; students object to food

Anderson schools' lunch profit is down nearly 10 percent; officials blame new federal nutrition standards; students object to food

Unknown 7:13 PM child obesity, nutrition, school lunch

Anderson County s chool officials say new federal nutrition standards are costing them money and hurting poor students because the students...

Spending bill allows schools that show 'hardship' to vary from requirement to serve 100 percent whole grains

Spending bill allows schools that show 'hardship' to vary from requirement to serve 100 percent whole grains

Unknown 8:43 PM child obesity, childhood obesity, children, children's health, Congress, exercise, food, nutrition, politics, school lunch

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The massive 2015 spending bill signed by President Obama Dec. 16 includes a provision to help school...

#ThanksMichelleObama: Students use social media to voice their unhappiness with revamped school lunches

#ThanksMichelleObama: Students use social media to voice their unhappiness with revamped school lunches

Unknown 11:15 AM child obesity, childhood obesity, children, nutrition, school lunch, youth

School kids around the country are tweeting pictures of their unappetizing school lunches and blaming the most prominent advocate for health...

As school-lunch debate puts attention on rejected meals, we might consider a bigger problem: food wasted at home

As school-lunch debate puts attention on rejected meals, we might consider a bigger problem: food wasted at home

Unknown 11:29 AM child obesity, fast food, food, obesity, school health, school lunch, schools, student health, vegetables

The new nutrition rules for school meals have led some students to throw away food they're served. Schools across the country are estima...

Most Kentucky schools adapting well to new federal nutrition rules, USDA official with Kentucky background says

Most Kentucky schools adapting well to new federal nutrition rules, USDA official with Kentucky background says

Unknown 7:14 AM child obesity, nutrition, school lunch

While one Kentucky school district has ditched the federal school-meals program and the money that comes with it, an official of the U.S. De...

KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, "supersizing," marketing, and lobbying have made us fat

KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, "supersizing," marketing, and lobbying have made us fat

Unknown 4:52 PM child obesity, fast food, high fructose corn syrup, nutrition, obesity

KET will air a three-part  series , "Men Who Made Us Fat," in which Jacques Peretti blames American obesity on high-fructose corn...

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Appalachian Kentucky has much of what it needs to improve its poor health status, key federal officials agree

Unknown 7:16 PM Appalachia, child obesity, childhood obesity, county health departments, exercise, health status, heart disease, heart health, hospitals, obesity, smoking, smoking ban, smoking bans, tobacco, tobacco prevention

By Al Cross Kentucky Health News Appalachian Kentucky has the enthusiasm, creativity, people and facilities needed to greatly improve its di...

School nutrition beat keeps busy: Ketchup returns to Anderson County, more students eating at school in Allen County

School nutrition beat keeps busy: Ketchup returns to Anderson County, more students eating at school in Allen County

Unknown 4:51 PM breakfast, child obesity, children, children's health, nutrition, school lunch, schools

School meal programs continue to make news, as schools, students and parents adjust to the latest round of federal guidelines to combat chil...