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(NU) - When we’re children, our parents urge us to eat our veggies and drink our milk. But as parents age, roles are often reversed, and it’s the adult kids who worry about Mom’s and Dad’s nutritional needs, with good reason. Physiological, psychological and financial changes can all contribute to poor nutrition among the elderly.…

(NU) - As childhood obesity continues to increase, researchers are looking at a link between what kids drink and their expanding waistlines. While experts stop short of laying the blame completely at the feet of soda makers, most acknowledge that people in general, and kids specifically, consume too many soft drinks. In an effort to…

(NU) - Along with homework and grades, your children could be bringing home something more unwelcome from school: sniffles, sneezes and coughs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the common cold is one of the most frequent causes of work and school absenteeism, with up to 22 million school days lost each…

(NU) - Arthritis sufferers searching for pain relief may need to look no further than their supermarket’s juice section, ac-cording to recent research. For centuries, mothers have been urging their children to drink their milk because it builds strong bones and healthy teeth. And in the 1800s, scientists observed that mothers pass immunity to certain…