As the dog days of summer quickly pass, children will find themselves headed back to the classrooms for reading, writing and arithmetic. Parents can help their children be at their best by providing the proper nutrition essential for making it through the day. Beverages Play Important Role in Child Nutrition Obesity in children may have as much to do with what kids drink as it does with what they eat, a new report by The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center's Nutrition Information Center finds. Waking Up to a Healthy Start Breakfast always will be an important meal of the day - one that should be consumed by people of any age. But despite these recommendations, millions of Americans routinely skip breakfast.
Studies show that eating habits developed during childhood have the potential to last a lifetime.
Thus children who tend to omit breakfast most likely will continue this dietary habit well into adulthood. Nutrition's Role in Preventing Birth Defects Dr. Mills has studied the relationship between birth defects and diabetes, vitamins, obesity, caffeine as well as many non-dietary variables such as drug use and contraception methods. In this interview with Food Insight, he discusses recent nutrition-related research on the prevention of neural tube defects, low birth weight and other adverse birth outcomes. Helping Children Eat Right Susan L. Johnson, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow with the Center for Human Nutrition at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. For the last 10 years, she has designed and conducted research on the relationship of nutrition and behavior, with a focus on the regulation of energy intake in preschool-age children.