healthy eating

Doctors who treat eating disorders in Kansas City are seeing more cases among younger people. But resources for "accepting" treatments are not meeting the demand. Plus: Wildlife in the Midwest and Great Plains are suffering from persistent drought.

Kansas City might fancy itself a meat and potatoes sort of town, but who doesn’t crave something fresh on a sweltering summer day? Here’s where to cool down over lunch with some of the metro’s most mouthwatering caprese, wedge, and — yes! — potato salads.

Segment 1: Why former college athletes care that future college athletes might financially benefit from their name and image.Many think statements by the…

Every Wednesday night, some Wyandotte County residents gather in the back room of a community health center in Kansas City, Kansas.On gridded sheets taped…

Segment 1: #MeToo fallout has more parents worried about protecting their kids from sexual predators.As the country reckons with the pervasiveness of…

Once, our idea of healthy eating revolved around the salad bowl.But we’ve discovered that some salads can be deceptively unhealthy … and that there are…

What exactly is healthy food? Definitions can vary. On this show: a visit to T. Loft, then a local scientist says that salt has gotten a bad rap for…

A decades-old grocery store in northeast Kansas City, Kansas, is closing, delivering a blow to a part of town that’s already short on healthy food…

The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City is out with a new report that looks back at the successes and setbacks of the last decade when it comes…

Public health advocates are cheering proposed changes to the state tax code that would encourage healthy behaviors. But Gov. Sam Brownback and the…

More Kansas kids may soon get free breakfast at school.A program called Breakfast in the Classroom has added Kansas and six other states to the list of…

Kansas City, Kan., Mayor Mark Holland on Thursday unveiled an initiative to ensure that all residents can use a proposed new community center regardless…