Children are packing on pounds during a season once associated with outdoor activity and exercise. Addressing that problem means confronting a number of factors that are contributing to poor health in our children.

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Adding some color and vitamin A to African diets.

Prenatal vitamins may deliver more than baby needs.

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The good, bad and ugly about trans fats.

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