Questions tagged [nutrition]

Are there any benefits or downsides in feeding the children (around elementary school age) on the schedule of "I'm hungry now" as opposed to scheduled meal times? This is of course assuming that the nutritional content remains the same, e.g. it's…

As adults we strive to minimize eating fats, and in particular saturated fats. When choosing chicken, for example, we aim for skinless chicken, or remove the fat after cooking. When serving children chicken soup, I doubt that keeping the liquid fat…

My ex-wife says giving my son too many fruit snacks (too much sugar) caused him to have a meltdown at school the next day. Is this even the slightest bit likely? He is 5 and in pre-school.

Possible Duplicate: How do you feed a picky eater? Tonight for dinner I had a bunch of mustard greens from our garden, so I cooked them up and added them to spaghetti sauce. My kids would never eat something like greens, but they are none the…