Now that it's "back to school" for kids, packing lunches is a daily ritual. Research indicates that kids tend to eat only half their lunch. Unfortunately, the half they eat is the less-healthy half. So what to do?

I can't tell you the number of times parents tell me their children eat. They say they aren't sure what to do -- quite a frustrating matter, whether it's the first child or fourth.
When parents ask what they should feed their children, I usually ask them, "How well do you eat?" The apple doesn't fall far from the tree in most cases.

In efforts to find an answer to the obesity problem with children today, school districts continue to debate with parents and school officials over "junk" food in the schools, and fingers have been pointed to food companies for “junk” food ad campaigns that target youth and for continuing to make products with ingredients such as high fructose corn syrup and trans fats.

(HealthNewsDigest.com).. ATLANTA August 2005 A newborns heart may be small, about the size of a strawberry, but it is powerfulmost of the time. How powerful, energetic and healthy is your childs heart? If you have not asked yourself that question, you should.