The health of today’s school environment continues to improve. Students across the country are now offered healthier school lunches with more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The Smart Snacks in School standards will build on those healthy advancements and ensure that kids are only offered tasty and nutritious foods during the school day.

The Mediterranean Diet has been named US Best Diet several years in a row and with good reason. Research shows that this sustainable diet plan is not only good for your heart and waistline, but it’s also delicious.

Eating a nutritious diet is not only good for reducing the risk of chronic diseases, it may also delay the onset of aging. New rodent research from Japan suggests that modifying your protein intake can have an impact on both…

Recently, AND (the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) has partnered with ACE (the American Council on Exercise) to create an evidence-based guideline and systematic review on nutrition and physical activity treatments for general population adults.

#MyPlate has been on the scene for years, and it’s one of the best balanced eating tools around. Yet many people feel intimidated by the #USDA’s guide to healthy #eatingpatterns. There’s no need to be…

If you were to replace birthday cake with the sweet treats in this post, then you would save about 8,000 calories per child per school year, which is quite a bit...