BALTIMORE — A group of kindergartners sat attentively in a bright elementary school, ready to learn the keys to living a healthy life. One of the four main pillars, nutrition educator Karen Turner ...
About 1 in 5 American children are obese today. In 1980, it was 1 in 20. Among school-age children and adolescents, 40% have at least one chronic health condition − in the 1980s, it was less than 4%.
Federal funding has been eliminated for nutrition education programs, including donation gardens that provide produce to food pantries. Some programs that help low-income Iowans access healthy foods ...
The ongoing federal government shutdown risks taking away Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits from Americans, including 1.3 million Georgians.