A well-balanced diet is essential for children's healthy growth and development ... Children who consume more fruits and vegetables and less junk food with high sugar content are likely to ...

Not only are most fast foods not terribly healthy, one study indicates ... Limit TV viewing, for yourself and your kids. Certain TV shows seem to attract more junk food commercials more than ...

Image Credit: Irina WS / Shutterstock Children are more likely to develop healthy food habits if they have a good food environment. Restaurants, however, typically provide unhealthy kids’ menus.

One of its key features is intense marketing of unhealthy ... Packaged foods often contain nutrition labels, but the printed words are small and usually obscured by the "healthy" claims.