Breakfast is probably the most important meal of the day for a young child. Studies have exposed that students who begin the day with a nutritious breakfast make improved grades, think better, and make fewer mistakes than non-breakfast eaters. Do your kids consume breakfast? By most of the reports, 40% of kids don’t. But everyone [...]
You’ve probably seen a lot of food products labeled low-fat, reduced-fat, and reduced-calorie, light, sugar-free or fat-free. Be careful when observing and working with these nutrition claims, and check the nutrition label to find out the whole story. Sometimes things that appear to be health are not healthy always. For instance, foods marketed as low-fat [...]
It’s not always simple and straightforward to persuade your children to eat healthy snacks. Try to experiment with certain peculiar techniques to promote snack-time health. Try to offer parallel choices. For example, never ask for the child’s wish for alternate choices. Instead, offer similar choices, such as regular or frozen yogurt, apples or oranges.
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What are the best snacks to keep on hand for hungry kids? You want to choose nutritious snack foods, those that are high in fiber and low in fat, but convenience is an important factor, too. And don’t forget to honor your child’s preferences, if that is possible. Your child will be more likely to [...]
The school age children from 7 to 12 years of age begin choosing their own snacks. Your child may even take charge of preparing his or her after-school snack. Kids this age often clamor for the latest fad snack food, which may well be heavily advertised as healthy choice even moms can endorse. Despite advertising [...]
Snacking is a major activity for many American children, so much so that nearly one-fourth of kids’ daily power intake comes from nibbling between meals. If snack time threatens to become more frequent than mealtime, healthy snack choices are all the more important.
You play a major role in helping your children distinguish between healthy and [...]