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  • New Girl Scout Cookie 'Mango Cremes' Are Nutrient Packed

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 15
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    Girl Scout cookie lovers accustomed to seeing items like peanut butter, chocolate, coconut and more chocolate on the ingredient list may do a double take when they see the newest cookie on the order form.
    Alongside Tagalongs, Thin Mints and Samoas i...

  • Canola Oil May Be Used In U.S. Infant Formula

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • January 10
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    Canola oil is now generally recognized as safe for use as an ingredient in infant formula marketed in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently made public that it has no questions in response to a notice that was filed ...

  • Study: 2 Cups of Milk Per Day Best for Toddlers

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • December 17, 2012
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    Some pediatricians are advising that parents only give their toddlers two cups of milk a day, because too much of it could deplete them of necessary nutrients.
    A new study, published online on Dec. 17 in Pediatrics, found that 2.1 cups of milk a day...

  • Peanut Butter, Garlic Bread Back On School Plates

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • December 13, 2012
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    In a battle over healthier school lunches that pitted the Obama administration against school children, chalk up a point for the kids.
    Students have been complaining that some of their favorite foods were taken off the plate because of the Obama adm...

  • Time to Revamp the Dinner Menu? Black Women Struggle with Obesity

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • December 11, 2012
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    African-American women have the highest obesity rate of any group of Americans. Four out of five black women have a body mass index above 25 percent, the threshold for being overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven...

  • Teens Turn to Protein Shakes to Pump Up

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • November 20, 2012
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    Teens may be chugging protein shakes and taking other muscle-enhancing supplements more often than previously thought, a new study found.
    According to a self-reported survey conducted among adolescent males and females, nearly 35 percent said they u...

  • Students Sing Complaint To First Lady About Lunches

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • November 16, 2012
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    The goal of new USDA rules on school lunches is to make students healthy, but for many, the rules are also making them hungry.
    Students have been complaining about the new rules for school lunches all over social media.
    In this video from CNN affil...

  • Yikes! No More Twinkies For Lunch As Strike Deadline Looms

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • November 16, 2012
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    Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies, announced today that it will liquidate because not enough striking employees returned to work by a Thursday evening deadline set by the company.
    "We deeply regret the necessity of today's ...

  • New Study Finds Milk-drinking Kids Reap Physical Benefits Later in Life

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • November 15, 2012
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    Starting a milk drinking habit as a child can lead to lifelong benefits, even improving physical ability and balance in older age, according to new research.  A new study published in Age & Aging found an increase of about one glass of milk ...

  • Study: When Babies First Eat Fish Linked to Asthma

    • Posted by Mommy Brown
    • November 15, 2012
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    Babies who first ate fish between the ages of six months and one year had a lower risk of developing asthma-like symptoms later on than babies who ate fish before six months or after their first birthdays, according to a Dutch study.
    The results, ba...