healthy food

Get your snacking back on track, just in time for the holidays. Whether you are in the office or working remotely from home, NBC 5 and Medical City Healthcare want to help you make healthier snack choices. We invite you and your company to join the Snacking for Success 21-Day Challenge @Work, which takes place November 2 through 22. The…

Karina Hinerich, a top integrative nutritionist, has tips to make kids’ lunch healthier and enjoyable for this school year.  MORE: KarinaHeinrich.com 

Students cannot be successful if they are hungry. This fact led Brazosport College and the Houston Food Bank to partner and create Gator Mart to provide students with groceries, easing their financial burden and reducing food insecurity.

Some old favorites and new projects are coming to this year’s State Fair of Texas.

The MLK Fresh Food Distribution Center hopes to increase people’s access to healthy food in South Dallas and surrounding communities.

Pregnancy-related deaths are rising in the United States and the main risk factor is being black, according to new reports that highlight racial disparities in care during and after childbirth. Black women, along with Native Americans and Alaska natives, are three times more likely to die before, during or after having a baby, and more than half of these deaths...

To help make sure you stay informed on the most shared and talked about stories across North Texas, each Saturday and Sunday we’ll revisit 5 stories from the previous week and capsulize them in this digest with the most recent updates.

A dynamic duo of a mother and son are meeting a need for healthy food for their neighbors with the “Oak Cliff Veggie Project.”

After repeated food poisoning outbreaks tied to romaine lettuce, a U.S. food safety official shared his concerns in an internal email, saying the produce industry’s water testing “failed in an epic and tragic way.” How the industry tests water to grow leafy greens is “unacceptable” and needs to change, James Gorny, a senior adviser for produce safety at the Food...

A lot of North Texans were out early, braving the lines to score Black Friday deals, but the day wasn’t all about shopping. Another crowd gathered for a different kind of tradition — to black out hunger.

In some places in southern Dallas, it’s still difficult to come by a grocery store with fresh fruits and vegetables. It’s an issue that students from UNT Dallas, in collaboration with Toyota and DART, aim to tackle.

If you’re picking up a frozen meal from the grocery store, there are a few things you want to look for before stocking up, according to NBC News. A meal that has less than 500 calories and no more than 600 milligrams of sodium is your best option. It should also have at least 10 grams of protein and 3...

The Pan-African Connection Bookstore Art Gallery and Resource Center partners with Harvest Project Food Rescue to collect food that is about to be thrown away from different food companies.

Perhaps we should focus less on the question of “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” and instead turn our attention to a much more pressing question – “Are eggs healthy?”

Was your tomato grown in dirt or water? Organic shoppers might notice additional labels this summer that will give them the answer — and tell them whether their choices align with what a rebellious group of farmers and scientists deem the true spirit of the organic movement. About 15 farmers and scientists from around the country met in Vermont late...

Oprah delivered the keynote speech at the 10th annual gala for Plano-based Minnie’s Food Pantry.

An idea called “America’s Harvest Box” was floated in February in the Trump administration’s 2019 budget proposal, tucked inside a plan to slash SNAP by roughly $213 billion, or 30 percent, over the next 10 years. Households that receive more than $90 in SNAP benefits each month — roughly 81 percent of households in the program, or about 16.4 million...

Hawaii’s food stamp administrator says he was stunned when he first heard that the U.S. Agriculture Department wanted to replace some cash benefits with a pre-assembled package of shelf-stable goods. That changed quickly to frustration, befuddlement and serious concern. “This will wreak havoc on the states,” said Pankaj Bhanot, who serves as director of Hawaii’s Department of Human Services and...

Fort Worth’s newest restaurant is now open in the Near Southside, offering a menu of fresh, healthy food for lunch, but without any prices.

Discussing how to help support your favorite local charities this holiday season with Christine Jones with The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever and Daphne Barlow Stigliano, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Fort Worth. To learn more, visit www.tggce.org.