You know the importance of good nutrition and exercise, but how do you feed a picky eater or encourage a child who hates sports to play outside? Learn how to keep your child healthy with the right foods and exercise.

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• Nutrition & Fitness Center

Fitness & Exercise

• Bike Safety
• Cold-Weather Sports and Your Family
• Compulsive Exercise
• Exercising During Pregnancy
• Feeding Your Child Athlete
• Fitness and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
• Fitness and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
• Fitness and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
• Fitness and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
• Fitness for Kids Who Don't Like Sports
• Home and Away: How to Keep Toddlers Active
• Is Your Preschooler Too Active?
• Kids and Exercise
• Motivating Kids to Be Active
• Motivating Preschoolers to Be Active
• Motivating School-Age Kids to Be Active
• Osgood-Schlatter Disease
• Preventing Children's Sports Injuries
• Raising a Fit Preschooler
• Signing Kids Up for Sports
• Sportsmanship
• Steroids
• Strength Training and Your Child

Nutrition & Weight

• After-School Snacks
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Body Mass Index (BMI) Charts
• Breakfast Basics
• Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
• Caffeine and Your Child
• Calcium and Your Child
• Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Your Child
• Cholesterol and Your Child
• Cooking With Kids
• Cooking With Preschoolers
• Cooking With School-Age Kids
• Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
• Deciphering Food Labels
• Eating Disorders
• Eating During Pregnancy
• Egg Allergy
• Family Meals
• Fats and Your Child
• Feeding Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Feeding Your Child Athlete
• Feeding Your Newborn
• Fiber and Your Child
• Food Allergies
• Food Safety for Your Family
• Healthy Eating
• Hunger and Malnutrition
• Hunger and Your Preschooler
• Iron and Your Child
• Keeping Portions Under Control
• Kids and Food: 10 Tips for Parents
• Nut and Peanut Allergy
• Overweight and Obesity
• Pica
• School Lunches
• Snacks
• Snacks for Preschoolers
• Snacks for Toddlers
• Strategies for Feeding a Preschooler
• The Food Guide Pyramid
• Toddlers at the Table: Avoiding Power Struggles
• Vegetarianism
• What Should Preschoolers Drink?
• Your Child's Weight

Nutrition & Fitness Q&As

• Can Too Much Juice Discolor Teeth?
• Does Skim Milk Provide the Same Nutrients as Whole Milk?
• How Can I Calculate Calories From Fat?
• How Can I Get My Child to Eat Vegetables?
• How Much Exercising Is Too Much?
• How Should I Deal With a Picky Eater?
• Is Caffeinated Soda OK for Kids?
• My Child May Have an Eating Disorder — What Can I Do?
• Should I Start My Child on an Exercise Program?
• What Are the Symptoms of an Overeating Disorder?
• What Can I Do for a Child With an Eating Disorder?
• What Is a BMI Report Card?
• When Can Young Kids Start Exercising?
• When Should Kids Switch to Skim Milk?
• Why Does My Toddler Eat Dog Food?
• Why Is Breakfast So Important?