Local food experts discuss changes in food culture, how to capitalize on it, and how to get healthy food to all

Local food experts discuss changes in food culture, how to capitalize on it, and how to get healthy food to all

Unknown 10:41 AM community supported agriculture, farming, food, local food, nutrition, restaurants, vegetables

Story and photo by Melissa Landon Kentucky Health News Local food experts gathered at the University of Kentucky April 9 to discuss how Ken...

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...

Federal dietary guidelines recommend cutting back on red and processed meat, sugar and refined grains

Federal dietary guidelines recommend cutting back on red and processed meat, sugar and refined grains

Unknown 8:09 PM food, nutrition, obesity, sugar

The Department of Agriculture and the  Department of Health and Human Services have released proposed 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans...

At roundtable on food and agriculture, Prince Charles says we need to reconnect with the food system and nature, keep stock

At roundtable on food and agriculture, Prince Charles says we need to reconnect with the food system and nature, keep stock

Unknown 7:47 AM agriculture, food, local food, nutrition

Prince Charles "called for urgent restructuring of local and global economies to save humanity from itself" in a whirlwind visit t...

Wendell and Mary Berry welcome Prince Charles and wife to Louisville, where prince will focus on local food and sustainability

Wendell and Mary Berry welcome Prince Charles and wife to Louisville, where prince will focus on local food and sustainability

Unknown 3:07 PM environment, environmental health, local food, nutrition

In honor of a royal visit on Friday to Louisville by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who will be highlighting iss...

UK gets $2.5 million for rural child poverty nutrition center

UK gets $2.5 million for rural child poverty nutrition center

Unknown 1:21 PM hunger, nutrition, rural health, rural-urban disparities, University of Kentucky, USDA

L-R: Nancy Cox, dean of UK's College of Agriculture, Food and Environment; Secy. Tom Vilsack; Gov. Steve Beshear. Kentucky Health News A...

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...

Proposed nutritional guidelines add sustainability issues, in spite of Republicans' warnings; eggs get a green light

Proposed nutritional guidelines add sustainability issues, in spite of Republicans' warnings; eggs get a green light

Unknown 6:57 PM federal legislation, food, food stamps, nutrition, school lunch

A new draft of the federal government's healthy eating guidelines recommends for the first time that Americans consider the "health...

Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative

Students in poor Louisville neighborhoods learn healthful behaviors in Farm to Family Initiative

Unknown 7:56 PM agriculture, education, farm to school, food, hospitals, nutrition, philanthropy, schools

A program to fight childhood obesity and foster healthy habits in Louisville’s under-served youth has seen positive results since its launch...

Prince Charles to keynote Louisville health and food symposium

Prince Charles to keynote Louisville health and food symposium

Unknown 2:35 PM alternative medicine, food, homeopathy, local food, nutrition

Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles Prince Charles of the United Kingdom will keynote a health symposium in Louisville March 20. The pr...

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...

Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment to help Eastern Kentucky communities develop local, healthy foods

Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment to help Eastern Kentucky communities develop local, healthy foods

Unknown 8:14 PM Appalachia, farmers' markets, food security, hunger, nutrition, University of Kentucky

A new project searches for ways to increase access to healthy foods in Eastern Kentucky and looks to communities to find these solutions. Ap...

Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?

Are nutrition rules for schools and day-care centers too much regulation, or steps in the right direction, toward better health?

Unknown 4:50 PM child care, childhood obesity, chronic disease, community journalism, health journalism, journalism, newspapers, nutrition, obesity, school lunch, schools

Commentary by Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The Paducah Sun' s editorial on Jan. 20 said the Obama administration has oversteppe...

Scheduling lunch after recess, very unusual in elementaries, may lead to less food waste and better nutrition, study says

Scheduling lunch after recess, very unusual in elementaries, may lead to less food waste and better nutrition, study says

Unknown 10:36 AM children, children's health, education, food, nutrition, research, school lunch, schools, vegetables

Scheduling school lunch later in the day could help children to eat more nutritious foods and reduce food waste, according to a study at sev...

Study finds kids eat too much pizza, too often, and it's bad for their health

Study finds kids eat too much pizza, too often, and it's bad for their health

Unknown 10:06 AM calories, childhood obesity, nutrition

While pizza consumption is lower than it used to be, kids are still eating too much of it, and it's affecting their health, Roberto A. F...

Clark County schools engage students as taste-testers in search for newly required, healthy foods the kids will eat

Clark County schools engage students as taste-testers in search for newly required, healthy foods the kids will eat

Unknown 12:33 PM nutrition, school lunch, wellness

New federal nutrition standards "are not universally popular with students" in Clark County — some throw away recently required fr...

Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Study finds students with heavy fast-food diets have test scores about 20% lower than those who don't east fast food

Unknown 8:50 AM childhood obesity, children, children's health, diet, education, fast food, nutrition, schools

Eating fast food may cause lower test scores in school, says a recent study of U.S. school children. The study, published online in the jour...

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...