Here are features filed under Healthy focus:

• Holiday cooking tips for GERD Holidays are centered around food, but for the nearly 19 million Americans - including kids - who suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), commonly known as acid reflux, the holidays can be a painful and unhappy affair.

• Avoiding TV Dinners A Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center study shows that children who eat meals in front of the television spend more time watching TV -- far more time than it takes them to eat their meals. The discovery is significant because excessive TV watching has been linked to obesity.

• Brake for a Healthy Breakfast A balanced breakfast for children is often forgotten or replaced with sugary snacks during the hustle and bustle of a busy morning. This is an important part of the day and it should be started off with a healthy meal.

• Calling A Truce On Lunchbox Wars Packing a healthy lunch for your kids might be easy for you, but it might be a struggle for you to get them to eat it! Writer Paula Chase-Hyman offers some tips to end the lunchbox wars!

• Cooking with Whole Wheat What's so good about cooking and baking with whole wheat? Well, for one thing whole grain foods are high in fiber. In comparison to refined grains, whole grains also have more nutrients,

• Dessert for Breakfast? With today's fast-paced lifestyles, it's no wonder that busy moms can be tempted to rely on high priced, sugar-coated cold cereals that are low in nutrition. Oatmeal, and that other old stand-by hot cereals are both nutritious and frugal, but reliance on them for more than one or two breakfasts per week is almost certain to cause rebellion in the ranks.

• Do We Need to Wash Our Food? Historically, we equate washing to cleanliness. We wash clothes, linens, cars, dishes and ourselves. So, it is logical that many people believe meat and poultry can be made cleaner and safer by washing it. Is this true? Does washing meat, poultry, eggs, fruits and vegetables make them safer to eat? Find out!

• Entertaining the Healthy Foods Way! The very word "entertaining" can be hugely intimidating, conjuring up images of lavish spreads, immaculately appointed homes and other visions of magazine living. It's time for a reality check!

• Et Tu Tofu? These days, it seems everyone is talking tofu -- and for good reason. That little gelatinous white brick of soy curd not only packs a powerful protein punch, but soy also provides tons of other body benefits, as well.

• Fresh Veggie Guide There are no set rules for buying vegetables because they all have individual characteristics and values. Experience in personal selection is the best teacher. The following alphabetical list is designed as a handy reference to help you make your selections.