Fast food in children's hospitals a bad lesson
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Fast food outlets are common inside U.S. children's hospitals, leading more patients to consume hamburgers and fries and encouraging them to view the fare as healthier than it probably is, a study said on Monday.
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A substantial number of "adverse events" -- many of which could have been prevented -- affect children in hospitals each year, according to a new study.
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By Jeff Brown, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 10--When my son was 7 or 8, I spent several dreadful afternoons attending birthday parties at a place called Chuck E. Cheese. Dreadful for me, that is -- the children loved the noise, the pizza, and the beeping arcade games.
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Unicef nutrition expert sparks controversy with attack on spoon-feeding from tins and jars.
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Self-regulation in food and beverage   marketing is being exploited and is failing to curb childhood   obesity, research by a global obesity taskforce presented on   Tuesday has found.
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Officials of the Cleveland Clinic are meeting this afternoon with McDonald&#39;s representatives over whether the fast-food restaurant belongs in the hospital.
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Food marketed to children is being criticized as high in fat and sugar.
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CHICAGO -- Inappropriate advertising contributes to many children's ills, from obesity to anorexia, drinking alcohol, and having sex too soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
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CHICAGO -- Inappropriate advertising contributes to many kids' ills, from obesity to anorexia, to drinking booze and having sex too soon, and Congress should crack down on it, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.
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Medicines for young children often contain additives banned from food for under-threes, research shows.
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Fifty-five young Chinese children have fallen ill after being served a tainted breakfast in the fifth serious food poisoning case in China this week.
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Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years
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Young children are the most likely victims of surgery-related medication mistakes, a new study has found, and poor communication is the most likely culprit.
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The intensive care unit of a sick children's hospital is closed to new admissions after a bacterium is found.
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D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee announced yesterday that she will seek a contractor to upgrade the cafeteria menus with more nutritious and tasty food, saying the in-house program lost $30 million in three years partly because students refuse to buy meals that don't taste good.
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School districts across the country have been taking steps to make food in schools healthier, but some parents say they are taking it too far.
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A hospital device used to measure carbon dioxide levels in patient tissues is being recalled after investigations revealed that the device probably caused life-threatening infections among 11 children at a Dallas hospital, the US Food and Drug