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Vitamin D Guidelines Doubled for Infants, Children, and Adolescents

What you can do: Make sure your children are getting at least 400 IU of vitamin D a day; breastfed babies and kids not getting enough should receive vitamin D supplements.

Parent-Packed Lunches Dreadfully Deficient in Nutrients

What you can do: Choose organic milk and grains that are 100% whole wheat; give young kids healthy foods to establish lifelong eating habits.

Without Gardens, Schools Lack Some Important Lessons

What you can do: Buddy up with a master gardener and find parents willing to weed.

Picky Eaters are Made, Not Born

What you can do: Forego rice cereal, move straight from breast milk or formula to fruits and veggies to maximize both nutrition and the likelihood that your child will like them later.

Renegade Lunch Lady Says Schools Are Giving Kids Diabetes

What you can do: Have lunch with your kids at their school cafeteria to experience the nutrition—or lack thereof—being offered.

Hey Mom, Pass the X-Ray Vision Carrots

What you can do: Put on your creative cap and rename the veggies on your kid’s plate. Tomato Bursts, anyone?

Eating with Teens Breeds Well-Fed Adults

What you can do: Make regular family meals a priority; plan ahead so you can fit them into everyone’s busy schedule.

Vegetarian Diets Linked to Eating Disorders in Teens

What you can do: If your child wants to give up meat, help him or her to make the healthiest food choices.

Late Night Snacking Linked to Chubby Children

What you can do: Teach your kids to unwind with healthy food, and pay attention to why they’re indulging after dark.

A Kids’ Garden Grows Healthier Eating Habits

What you can do: Use available resources to start a kids’ garden at your child’s school—or in your own backyard.