Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Y. Lee, M.D., MBA, covers health, medicine, wellness and science Have you eaten the recommended daily amount of fruits and ...

Americans don’t consume enough vegetables and fruits. Just 9 percent of Americans eat the recommended amount of vegetables each day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 12 ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 11 (UPI) --Getting children to eat vegetables can be a challenge. Researchers found in a pilot program in Portland that educating young children on nutrition using locally-grown ...

Studying the produce in front of her, the 7-year-old was anxious to begin. “Can I start making my potato head?” Lilyana Hobbs of Vancouver asked several times. The Produce Pals program, new this year ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It can be difficult to get kids to eat their fruits and vegetables but a new program at several Chicago schools is working to change that. Learning gardens were started about six ...

Yasmine Probst receives funding from NSW Ministry of Health. Ruth Crowe receives funding from Australian Post-graduate Award (APA). Worldwide, people are not eating enough fruit and vegetables. In ...

How’s this for convenient learning: Oregon State University Extension Service has free, online gardening courses that adults and interested older kids can access anytime. The introductory course to ...

Finding ways for kids to eat their vegetables can be a difficult task for many parents. Now, researchers from the University of Eastern Finland are calling on parents to take their own advice to make ...

Many families with young children experience bouts of picky eating, from toddlers who want to eat only chicken nuggets and ...

Sarah Hays Coomer is a Mayo Clinic and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, certified personal trainer and author based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has spent nearly 20 years helping ...

Ailsa Welch received funding from UEA Health and Social Care Partners ( on behalf of the members of the Childhood Wellbeing group of the UEA Health and Social Care Partners) for Dr Richard Hayhoe to ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Kids can be picky at the breakfast, lunch, and dinner tables. Now, a new survey shows one in two children don't eat a vegetable each day. One in three don't eat fruit daily.