In the Kitchen with Teen Iron Chef Teen Iron Chef is a program at Spoutwood Farm in Glen Rock, PA that teaches middle school and high school teens how to cook using fresh, healthful ingredients…

Teams of teenagers running around a high school on a Saturday afternoon with coaches on the sidelines, fans cheering and every teammate fretting over the score is certainly not remarkable — until you see what these teens are actually doing. There is no ball involved; this is a cooking competition…

Program encourages students to drop the chips, get fit Freedom High senior Andrew Millan is about 20 pounds lighter than he was three months ago thanks to a nonprofit-funded school program aimed at empowering students to make simple lifestyle changes…

Teen Battle Chef: Not Just Knife Skills, but Life Skills Actually, everybody was a winner, exactly as planned: No surprise as Dr. Mehmet Oz, friend of Oprah, host of the “Dr. Oz Show” and founder of HealthCorps, served as the host of the event and proud supporter of his program’s budding chefs… Read Full Article

Dozens of high school students waving signs proclaiming “Live Well, Eat Healthy” […] marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday, spreading the word about health and fitness…

Getting teenagers to cook healthy meals – can it even be done? WBAL TV news covered a Teen Battle Chef challenge at Stratford University that does exactly that…

After watching how adults and children alike respond to Teen Battle Chefs extolling the virtues of cooking yourself, […] it’s become crystal clear that our youth can play a central role in moving the needle on this obesity epidemic…

Childhood obesity is a battle fought in the office of every pediatrician.However when the solution to the problem lies in getting whole families to adopt lifestyle changes, it can be a frustrating fight. Read the full article

I had no idea the world of food was so big. There are so many simple, tasty foods from all these cultures that are so easy to make. You don’t have to eat them in a restaurant or be a trained chef to prepare them. Read the full article