Getting children to eat nutritious food is a challenge, made even more complicated by so-called 'healthy' foods ...

In class, teachers educate the children about nutrition, and in the hallway there are displays of vegetables made by the kids. Zhang, the local official, proudly noted that the snacks once sold ...

YAO YUXIN/CHINA DAILY At Shaping village kindergarten in a remote area of Central China's Hunan province, a simple meal of pickles and rice was often the only food children received at school.

By about 12 months old, typically, developing children do not need pureed food. “It was always a goal to get kids off of purees by 9 months and get them onto table food,” Castle said.