When schools make free meals more accessible, families can save money on groceries.
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Experts say making meals available to all students reduces the stigma associated with a free lunch.
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Too sleepy? In a rush? Or something more concerning? Teenagers often get turned off breakfast. Chat to them to find out why and offer some easy options.
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The king of spices has many health benefits – in rats, at least.
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Eating half an avocado twice a week could slash your risk of getting heart disease.
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Following school lunchbox guidelines can be a challenge for parents. Here are our top tips for reducing parents’ lunchbox anxiety and increasing the healthiness of kids’ lunches.
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Aged care reform remains unfinished business for Labor. It made a start this week but more needs to come.
When the main circadian clock in the brain is out of sync with eating rhythms, it impacts the brain’s ability to function fully.
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Healthy eating is not just what you eat, but when you eat. Eating rhythms that are in sync with the circadian clock can benefit general well-being and may have a protective effect against mental illness.
Vitamin D3 is found in fish, cheese, and eggs.
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Very few studies support vitamin D2 supplementation being superior to vitamin D3.
Meatless Monday inspiration: Lentil bolognese, from the Guelph Family Health Study’s plant-based proteins cookbook.
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Why is plant-based eating important? There are health, environmental and financial benefits of plant-based diets. Here are some great ways to start eating more plant-based foods.
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Our new technology to recycle food waste into prebiotics uses no toxic chemicals and no fossil fuels.
Where’s the beef?
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Plentiful meat substitutes might be making plant-based diets more popular.
Along with calories and nutrients, food can influence the genetic blueprints that shape who you are.
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Scientists are just beginning to decode the genetic messages in your food – and how that may affect your health.
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Drinking more water can make you feel happier – and not drinking enough may contribute to feelings of anxiety and fatigue.
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Eating more plant-based foods is great for your health, for farm animals and the environment.
A one-litre carton contains the equivalent of one small potato.
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Potato milk may not be the most nutritious plant-based alternative – but it still has some benefits.
A man pairs Kenyan maize flour staple ugali with a traditional vegetable known as murenda (jute mallow).
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Facing a growing bias against indigenous crops, Kenyan researchers set out to showcase the value in local options - and set a global standard.
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Substituting one food for another – no matter the reason – may not result in a healthier choice.
No matter its cause, diarrhea is uncomfortable.
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Poop comes in many shapes, sizes and textures. The kind that’s too runny might be the result of wayward germs, Crohn’s disease or lactose intolerance.
Exposure to healthy nutrition from adolescence can set the stage for a healthy life ahead and good dietary habits.
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Adolescence lies between childhood and adulthood, but adolescents are neither big children nor little adults. They have increased food requirements to support their rapid physical growth and maturation.
Transplanting lettuce seedlings from greenhouses to fields in mid-May at VanderWeele Farm in Palmer, Alaska.
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Homegrown tomatoes and corn in Alaska? Climate change could make it possible in the 2030s and ‘40s – a rare silver lining for this fast-warming state.