Organized sports provide about 20 minutes of real exercise per hour of activity; CDC says children should exercise an hour a day

Wikipedia By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News We live in a world where children are more likely to participate in organized sports and a...

Foundation's $3 million program is helping seven counties become healthier in several ways, independent evaluation says

A initiative focused on children's health is helping the  Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky   change community policies and environments...

Kentucky's food insecurity declines slightly, but remains high in southeast; in 3 counties, rate among children is above 30 percent

Dots are food bank locations. For an interactive map with county data, click here . The percentage of Kentuckians with an insecure food supp...

School lunch rules relaxed: USDA delays lower salt limit, allows 1% milk, lets states exempt schools from whole-grain rule

Lunch at school in Henderson ( The Gleaner photo) Schools won't have to cut salt until 2020, and can serve 1 percent fat milk instead o...

Study says only way to protect children from smoke exposure is to quit or not smoke in house; nicotine residue is everywhere

Children carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands even if their parents don't smoke around them, according to a recent study ...

More health bills pass as legislative session ends; one would require doctor's OK to play student athletes after concussions

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Several more health-related legislation passed in the final two days of the General Assembly's s...

More than half of Kentuckians have a gun in the house,15% are loaded and unlocked; among those with children, 12%

More than half of Kentucky adults have a firearm in the home and 15 percent of those guns are loaded and unlocked, according to a the latest...

59 percent of Ky. adults have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, linked to physical and mental health issues

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation illustration By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Many health-care providers have started looking at adver...

Legislature passes bills to name caregivers, help smokers quit; could still pass dense-breast notice and student-concussion bills

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky lawmakers have passed bills this year to make sure someone knows how to ca...

Bill to make all Ky. schools tobacco-free is likely dead for this session; only 62 of the state's 173 school districts ban tobacco

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A bill that would ban tobacco use on school properties and at school events has al...

Tobacco ban for public-school properties and activities heads to the House on 25-8 Senate vote

By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News FRANKFORT, Ky. – The state Senate passed a bill Feb. 15 to ban the use of tobacco products and elect...