
…can all impact a child’s food intake. As you might suspect, restaurant meals tend to be the least healthy, being higher in sweets, sugary beverages, and snack-type foods. The impact…
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…or appetizer. View recipe » Some more on summer snacking Snack Healthy: Mini Meal Chart Pack Your Own Snack Ideas Schools Out: Summer Snacking Guide The Formula for Summer Snacking…
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…your child. Here’s an idea of what kinds of changes to expect at your child’s school (or child care center) this fall. Menus will be different. The days of organized…
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…our children’s brain development. Add them to your child’s meals, snacks, and smoothies to enhance academic performance, improve memory, and generally encourage better brain health. These colorful recipes are rich…
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Use your favorite melon to personalize this delicious soup! If you like gazpacho, this recipe is worth a try. The photo shows a soup made with cantaloupe, but you could…
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…healthier eating for school age children, there are a few questions that always come up. The first is snacking – should kids or shouldn’t they? What is a healthy snack?…
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…both arguments, actually. Some children eat a very limited diet, and if my child was one of those kids I would be doing what I could to pack nutrients into…
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…serving ourselves. We project our desires onto their plate; and, in my experience, overloading a child’s plate with food overwhelms them. On more than one occasion I’ve seen a child…
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