Easy healthy eating tips

UNDATED (CNN) -- The majority of adults in America and 1 in 3 children is overweight or obese and much of this is due to what we put on our plate. Here's how we can eat smart to trim our waistlines and stay healthy.

When you're on a diet, it seems all you can think about are the foods you can't eat, like chips or candy, a large steak or even you mom's fried chicken. But if we change course and think about what we can eat this may just help us shed the pounds.

Eating super foods can help. These are foods that are packed with disease fighting nutrients, are unprocessed, usually low in calories and fill you up. And they are usually available at your local grocery store.

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Police: Feces Found in Child's Hair, Two People Behind Bars

Two kids in Northwest Arkansas are safe after police say they found one with feces in her fair and another had dried feces on his shirt.

"Fortunately the kids are taken out of that situation...They really deserve to be in a better home," said Officer Shaun Hutchins with the Lowell Police Department.

Michael Lackey and Wilma Boyd are each facing five counts of Endangering the Welfare of a Minor in the Second Degree.

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Some kids' cereals pack more sugar than a Twinkie

Breakfast is a healthy start to everyone’s day, and it’s especially important for children and their school performance. Nothing could be easier than a bowl of cold cereal and milk. While we’re all aware that some popular cereals contain whopping amounts of sugar, a new report by the Environmental Working Group reviewed 84 popular brands, and revealed some eye-popping comparisons of the sugar content with some popular cookies and snack cakes.

At nearly 56 percent sugar by weight, three cereals (Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, Post Golden Crisp, and General Mills Wheaties Fuel) weigh in with 20 grams of sugar in a skimpy one cup serving. That’s a whopping five teaspoons of sugar — roughly the same as one Twinkie snack cake. And with today's oversized cereal bowls, a typical serving size is likely to be double that amount, or closer to two cups.

A single one-cup bowl of an additional 44 cereals, including the popular Honey Nut Cheerios, Apple Jacks and Cap’n Crunch, are equivalent to eating three Chips Ahoy cookies — about three teaspoons of sugar. Full Story

HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys

Washington, D.C. - A panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the HPV vaccine for boys as young as 11 on Tuesday.