A new study finds that children ages three to five who eat one additional serving of French fries per week increase their risk of breast cancer as adults by 27 percent.

"Researchers are finding more evidence that diet early in life could play a role in the development of diseases in women later in life," says Dr. Karin Michels, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Harvard Medical School, who led the study

A new study, published online by the British Medical Journal, suggests that the way children travel to and from school can affect their overall physical activity.

Researchers from Edinburgh University in Scotland measured physical activity levels among 92 students ages 13 and 14 from four schools in the Edinburgh area. With the use of accelerometers - an instrument used to measure vertical movement - the students were surveyed about their journey to school

A new study shows chicken pox is slowly being eliminated as more and more children - some 90 percent in the U.S. - are receiving a preventive vaccine

As a way to fight childhood obesity, schools should limit the availability of soft drinks, the American Beverage Association says on Tuesday.

ABA President and CEO Susan Neely is to formally announce the organization's policy recommendation Wednesday at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures in Seattle

Houston is known as the "City of Syrup" because the abuse of codeine-fortified cough syrup among the city's youth is so widespread, a local researcher says to The Associated Press.

The reputation is reflected in a trial that begins Tuesday of six pharmacists charged with illegally dispensing the highly addictive prescription cough syrup codeine with promethazine