Anti-obesity program targets preschoolers, will expand to rural Kentucky next year

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The latest America's Health Rankings report ranks Kentucky as the 47th healthiest state, a fall ...

USDA makes grants to expand Farm to School in Ky.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sending nearly $313,000 to Kentucky in grants under the Farm to School program, which encourages the ...

#ThanksMichelleObama: Students use social media to voice their unhappiness with revamped school lunches

School kids around the country are tweeting pictures of their unappetizing school lunches and blaming the most prominent advocate for health...

Store holiday leftovers properly for better flavor and food safety

Leftovers are a great way to stretch your food budget, but proper handling of them is important to make sure they maintain their taste and r...

Tips for diabetics to stay healthy during the holiday season

Most people are not affected by occasional overindulging at holiday parties, but diabetics can get in serious health trouble if they aren...

Chain restaurants, theaters, amusement parks and grocery delis must post calorie counts in a year, to fight obesity

McDonald's already posts calorie content on its menus In an effort to combat the country's obesity epidemic, the Food and Drug Admi...

Brown fat, already known as a super calorie burner,' could also be a key to treating Type 2 diabetes, study shows

Better understanding brown fat could lead to future ways of treating obesity and type 2 diabetes, Abby Phillip reports for The Washington P...

Study in Virginia finds school lunches are healthier than home-packed lunches

Preschoolers and kindergartners at three Virginia schools tend to eat healthier when they eat school lunches compared to lunches packed at h...

Generals say obesity is a national-security issue, and the main medical reason 73% of Ky. young adults can't join the service

"Obesity is the leading medical reason why 73 percent of our young adults cannot qualify for military service" in Kentucky, two fo...

Study finds that signs that connect calories to activity are more effective than nutrition labels to change behavior

Most Americans don't adjust their bad eating habits after reading nutrition labels, but when they are provided information that is easy ...

Most Kentucky schools adapting well to new federal nutrition rules, USDA official with Kentucky background says

While one Kentucky school district has ditched the federal school-meals program and the money that comes with it, an official of the U.S. De...

Kentucky school officials make foods look more appetizing and easier to eat, in order to decrease food waste

Some school districts are working to keep fruits and vegetables from being thrown out by students who seem to be unhappy with their school l...

Kentucky schools teach nutrition with hands-on-learning

Visiting dairy cows, growing food in the air and being the first school in the state to grow its own garden on school grounds are just some ...

School fundraisers that involve food must meet the new federal nutrition guidelines; state hasn't sought an exemption

Fundraising with foods that don't meet schools' new federal nutrition guidelines will not be allowed during the school day in Kentuc...

KET series to explore how chemistry, technology, fast food, "supersizing," marketing, and lobbying have made us fat

KET will air a three-part  series , "Men Who Made Us Fat," in which Jacques Peretti blames American obesity on high-fructose corn...

As part of UK campus food deal, Aramark puts up $5 million for Food Connection, vows to purchase Kentucky products

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The University of Kentucky has entered a $5 million public-private partnership designed to promote ...

School nutrition beat keeps busy: Ketchup returns to Anderson County, more students eating at school in Allen County

School meal programs continue to make news, as schools, students and parents adjust to the latest round of federal guidelines to combat chil...

Henderson County Schools post videos to explain changes in meals, snacks and school fund-raisers involving food

Student Nibre Fortune chose food items at Henderson's Jefferson Elementary School last April. (Gleaner photo by Mike Lawrence) To help p...

W. Ky. elementaries use Baptist Health grants to join national program to fight childhood obesity; results encouraging

Two more West Kentucky schools have joined  Project Fit America , a fitness program that targets childhood obesity, to help its students bec...

Montgomery County board OKs free meals at most schools

In a microcosm of discussions taking place all over Kentucky and much of America, a divided Montgomery County Board of Education decided Au...