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.

• Nutrition & Fitness Center

Healthy Eating & Your Family

• After-School Snacks
• Breakfast Basics
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Breastfeeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Out and About
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pain and Discomfort
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pumping
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Safely Storing Breast Milk
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Sleep - Yours and Your Baby's
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Solids and Supplementing
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Supply and Demand
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Your Eating and Drinking Habits
• 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
• Deciphering Food Labels
• Eating During Pregnancy
• 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 Newborn
• Fiber and Your Child
• Finger Foods for Babies
• Fit Family: Award-Winning Tips From Bart and Nadia
• Food Safety for Your Family
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Formula Feeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Preparation and Storage
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Supplementing
• Halloween Candy Hints
• Healthy Drinks for Kids
• Healthy Eating
• Healthy Food Shopping
• Healthy Halloween Habits: Tips From Parents
• How Can Families Be Healthier?
• How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label (Video)
• Hunger and Malnutrition
• Hunger and Your Preschooler
• Iron and Your Child
• Is the "Cinnamon Challenge" Dangerous?
• Keeping Portions Under Control
• Kids and Food: 10 Tips for Parents
• Kids and On-the-Go Nutrition
• My Toddler Hates Vegetables. What Can I Do?
• MyPlate Food Guide
• Nutrition Guide for Toddlers
• Organic and Other Environmentally Friendly Foods
• Produce Precautions
• School Lunches
• Snacks
• Snacks for Preschoolers
• Snacks for Toddlers
• Sports and Energy Drinks: Should Your Child Drink Them?
• Strategies for Feeding a Preschooler
• Toddlers at the Table: Avoiding Power Struggles
• Vegan Food Guide
• Vegetarianism
• What Should Preschoolers Drink?
• Your Child's Weight

Staying Fit

• Active Vacations
• Cold-Weather Sports and Your Family
• Exercising During Pregnancy
• 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
• Games for Preschoolers
• Games for Toddlers
• Group Games for School-age Kids
• Home and Away: How to Keep Toddlers Active
• How Much Exercising Is Too Much?
• 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
• Raising a Fit Preschooler
• Safe Exploring for Preschoolers
• Safe Exploring for Toddlers
• Should Your Preschooler Play Sports?
• Signing Kids Up for Sports
• Sportsmanship
• Strength Training and Your Child
• Toddlers at the Table: Avoiding Power Struggles

Exercise Safety

• Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries
• Bike Safety
• Broken Bones Instruction Sheet
• Broken Bones, Sprains, and Strains
• Compulsive Exercise
• Dehydration
• Dental Injuries Instruction Sheet
• Finding the Right Bike
• Head Injuries
• Heat Exhaustion and Heatstroke Instruction Sheet
• Heat Illness
• Knee Injuries
• Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Injuries
• Nosebleeds Instruction Sheet
• Osgood-Schlatter Disease
• Playground Safety
• Preventing Children's Sports Injuries
• Quiz: Baseball Injuries
• Safety Tips: Baseball
• Safety Tips: Basketball
• Safety Tips: Hockey
• Safety Tips: Skateboarding
• Safety Tips: Skiing
• Safety Tips: Sledding
• Safety Tips: Snowboarding
• Sports Physicals
• Steroids
• Strains and Sprains Instruction Sheet
• Tooth Injuries
• Water Safety

Special Dietary Needs

• Celiac Disease
• Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
• Eating During Pregnancy
• Egg Allergy
• Feeding Your Child Athlete
• Food Allergies
• How to Read a Nutrition Facts Label (Video)
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Milk Allergy in Infants
• Nut and Peanut Allergy
• Vegetarianism

Weight & Eating Problems

• Binge Eating Disorder
• Body Mass Index (BMI) Charts
• Eating Disorders
• Encouraging a Healthy Body Image
• Failure to Thrive
• How Can I Improve My Child's Eating Habits?
• Hunger and Malnutrition
• Lactose Intolerance
• Losing Weight: Brandon's Story (Video)
• My Child May Have an Eating Disorder -- What Can I Do?
• Overweight and Obesity
• Pica
• Weight Loss Surgery (Bariatric Surgery)
• Weight Loss Surgery: Stacie's Story (Video)
• What Are the Symptoms of an Overeating Disorder?
• When Can Young Kids Start Exercising?
• Your Child's Weight

Healthy Recipes

• 15-Minute Salmon
• About Mealtime Makeovers
• About Recipes for Kids With Celiac Disease
• About Recipes for Kids With Cystic Fibrosis
• About Recipes for Kids With Diabetes
• About Recipes for Kids With Lactose Intolerance
• About Vegetarian Recipes
• Banana Bread
• Blueberry Muffins
• Cathy's Caesar Salad
• Chili
• Cornbread
• Fast Turkey Chili
• French Toast
• Fruit Kabobs
• Mango Ketchup
• Mealtime Makeover: Chicken Fingers
• Mealtime Makeover: Grilled Cheese
• Mealtime Makeover: Mac and Cheese
• Mealtime Makeover: Peanut Butter & Jelly
• Mealtime Makeover: Whole-Wheat Pizza
• Oatmeal
• Orange Ginger Sauce
• Peach Freeze
• Peanut Butter
• Peanut Butter Muffins
• Pizza
• Pretzels
• Roasted Veggies
• Spaghetti Sauce
• Strawberry Bars
• Strawberry Smoothie
• Tiny Pizzas
• Tuna Burgers
• Vegetarian Chili
• Veggie Bowls
• Veggie Tortilla Lasagna

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 Can I Improve My Child's Eating Habits?
• How Much Exercising Is Too Much?
• How Should I Deal With a Picky Eater?
• Is Caffeinated Soda OK for Kids?
• Is Your Preschooler Too Active?
• My Child May Have an Eating Disorder -- What Can I Do?
• My Toddler Hates Vegetables. What Can I Do?
• Should I Start My Child on an Exercise Program?
• Should Your Preschooler Play Sports?
• Stopping the Bottle
• What Are the Symptoms of an Overeating 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?

BMI Calculator & Tools

• Body Mass Index (BMI) Charts
• What Is a BMI Report Card?

En español

• Actividad física para los niños a los que no les gustan los deportes
• Almuerzos escolares
• Cómo mantener las porciones bajo control
• Deportes competitivos: ayudar para que los niños se los tomen con calma
• Educar a un preescolar que esté en buena forma
• El colesterol y su hijo
• El hierro y su hijo
• El peso de su hijo
• El sobrepeso y la obesidad
• Guía nutricional Mi plato
• Huesos, músculos y articulaciones
• La actividad física y su hijo de 13 a 18 años
• La cafeína y su hijo
• Las fibras y su hijo
• Las grasas y su hijo
• Los niños y el ejercicio
• Los niños y la comida: 10 consejos para los padres
• Motivar a los niños de edad preescolar para que sean activos
• Motivar a los niños en edad escolar para que sean activos
• Motivar a los niños para que sean activos
• Pérdida de peso: La historia de Brandon (video)
• Refrigerios
• Refrigerios para niños de edad preescolar
• Refrigerios para niños menores de dos años
• Seguridad y bicicletas
• Su hijo y el entrenamiento de fuerza
• Síndrome del intestino irritable
• Una buena fórmula para llevar un estilo de vida saludable
• Una familia en forma: consejos premiados de Bart y Nadia