The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refers to hand washing as the single most important means of preventing the spread of disease.

Sometimes, when children move away, the incentive to cook leaves along with the family members.

Walking can reduce our risk for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis and several other diseases.

Regular family meals can strengthen relationships and help children do better in school.

Children who eat with their families tend to do better in school, eat more nutritiously and avoid risky behaviors.

Adults 26 to 64 years old need seven to nine hours of sleep each night, and older adults (ages 65-plus) need seven to eight hours.

Eating together as a family has many benefits.

There are two approaches, short-run and long-run perspectives, to study obesity.

Most of us would agree that it is good to have goals. In reality, however, there are plenty of us whose experience in goal development is limited to the ...

Parents will learn a variety of ways to solve problems with their children.