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Kids twice as likely to eat healthy after watching cooking shows with healthy food

Television programs featuring healthy foods can be a key ingredient in leading children to make healthier food choices now and into adulthood. A new study found kids who watched a child-oriented cooking show featuring healthy food were 2.7 times more likely to make a healthy food choice than those who watched a different episode of […]

Published on January 5, 2020

Watch: Behind The Troubling Rise Of Uninsured American Kids

This story also ran on PBS NewsHour. This story can be republished for free (details). More than a million fewer children receive public health insurance now than in December 2017. In some cases, their parents acquired coverage at work. But researchers also see a troubling rise in uninsured children — and say the Trump administration’s […]

Published on January 3, 2020

Extending ‘Healthspan’: Brain Scientists Tap Into The Secrets Of Living Well Longer

AUSTIN, Texas — Retired state employees Vickey Benford, 63, and Joan Caldwell, 61, are Golden Rollers, a group of the over-50 set that gets out on assorted bikes — including trikes for adults they call “three wheels of awesome” — for an hour of trail riding and camaraderie. “I love to exercise, and I like […]

Published on January 2, 2020