The parents of little capricious eaters can affect their appetite by just offering them another plate as a dinner accessory. The main condition is that it must be multi-colored! Full story

Many pregnant women suffer from heartburn. In this article, we shall try to tell you how you can deal with heartburn and why it occurs. Full story

The researchers have found that omega-3 fatty acids, which are contained in salmon, mackerel, tuna, walnuts, pumpkin seeds and flax seeds, force the gastrointestinal tract develop in such a way as to activate the immune system. Full story

According to the statistics, only 22% of children, who come to the first form, can be called completely healthy. The problems of child health, disease prevention, and the acquisition of habits have been discussed by the doctors at the European Congress on school and university medicine. Full story

Is it possible to cajole children into eating vegetables without getting your hackles rise first? Serious job, that, but boffins reveal it can be made much easier if feeding kids with greens begins at the earliest stages of pregnancy. Full story

Recent studies have shown that pesticides, which get into the body of a pregnant woman may threaten not only her health but the health of the child as well. Full story

American scientists have discovered that one of the factors that encourages the increased appetite and the appearance of excess weight among girls is the availability of television in their room. Full story

Children of low height who eat enough vegetables of orange color begin to grow several times faster than their peers. Full story

Not so long ago the New York gallery gave all the volunteering food experimenters an opportunity to try the unusual cheese made of women’s breast milk. Full story

The doctors from the UC Berkeley, USA, have presented another argument for eating ecologically clean food during pregnancy. Their more than 10-year study has shown that if the expectant mother is constantly eating fruit and vegetables which contain pesticides (such as organophosphate fertilizers), her child might run the risk of falling behind peers in his/her intellectual development. Full story

The mother of two children from California (USA) has submitted a lawsuit against McDonald's. Monet Parham blames the fast food industry giant of the incorrect use of toys included into the Happy Meal and regards it to be an advertising campaign that violates the rights of consumers. Full story

Pediatricians from the American Association for the prevention and treatment of childhood diseases have analyzed the data on fifteen hundred healthy infants. Until the time the children reached the age of one year, the young mothers had been giving answers to the questionnaire. The questions were about the scheme of feeding babies and grown-up children. Full story

World Health Organization has issued recommendations on the time when the child should be best transferred from breastfeeding to complementary foods. But the British researchers have reached the conclusion that the late introduction of complementary foods may harm the child’s health. This kind of discovery can lead to a real revolution in the fields of neonatology and pediatrics. Full story

Pregnancy is the time when so many things in life will have to change. Eating habits is arguably the most important item in the list of changes, but while some food reservations are obvious, other foods one had better avoid are not. So, the question of what foods to give up and why requires a serious consideration. Full story

One of the latest food crazes in London all but takes us back to mom’s breast as a restaurant in Covent Garden serves ice cream made from milk of human origin. Full story

The scientists have made a startling announcement: antioxidants can be the cause of sterility. The reason is that nowadays these substances are being added everywhere: into food products, beverages and even into make-up. However, the final impact of antioxidants on the human organism has not been studied yet. The most widespread antioxidants are well-known to people vitamins C and E. Full story

A lot of women are afraid of gaining excess weight during and after pregnancy. The fear of becoming fat makes some women even delay pregnancy. But if you eat healthy food and live a healthy way of live, you will be able to avoid gaining weight during pregnancy – just follow our pregnancy diet tips. Full story

You want to know the secret of how to end conflicts of power and quench a revolt? Offer them choices. Choices work wonder for everyone, including children. But parents often have problem deciding what choices to lay open in front of kids. Here’s how you too can use choices appropriately for your kids. Full story

A recent study from BabyDam has gotten the budget for your baby’s first year pat for you - it will come to £5,000 and more. Adding the cost of nappies, the decoration of the nursery, baby furniture and food researchers came up with a total of £5,213.25 parents have to put on the line to see their baby through to the first birthday. Full story

A survey of 3,000 mothers commissioned by Philips AVENT shows that parents still have to resort to white lies to inveigle their kids into eating healthy meals, and how often do you think it happens? Usually twice a day. Full story

Medical workers have determined that one of the causes of acceleration of maturation in modern children hides in their eating habits, namely, their excessive consumption of meat products. Full story

It was found that watching Popeye cartoons incites children into eating (and enjoying!) much more vegetables compared to those who don’t watch them. Full story

Bethenny Frankel, 39, whose first child, daughter Bryn Casey, will be two months old on July 8, made herself famous for getting onto the pages of Us Magazine wearing a size-4 swimsuit barely three weeks after giving birth… And now she is sure that enough’s enough. Full story

Are you feeling the pressure of studies, research and the regularly altering diet, food and nourishment? There are so many differing opinions and theories which makes it difficult for anyone to carry on the dos and don’ts. The following are five best fundamental routine changes to be actively encouraged in preparing your body for the process of conception and to start a healthy family life.... Full story

The rate of children with excessive weight continues to ascend all over the world, and one of the reasons for that is a growing habit to snack, a recent study says. Furthermore, the research shows that children mostly snack on unhealthy food Full story