It’s the meal that everyone seems to brush aside when running late; that’s always skipped when on a diet; that never seems to be ranked very high on the list …
Don’t Let Schools Decide What Your Child Will Eat For Lunch
Many school districts, such as the Laguna Beach Unified School District in Southern California are backing out of their commitment to the Let’s Move initiative to battle childhood obesity by …
Packing a Healthy School Lunch – Provided by Yumbox
In the ideal world every single educational environment would come with an onsite kitchen, overseen by a nutritionist, with foods made entirely from scratch from whole and fresh foods, especially …
Healthy Afterschool Snack: Peanut Butter and Almond Spread
What is a good snack? A snack, by definition, is a small meal in between heavier meals. In order for it to be a good snack, it must pass the Quality/Quantity/Timing …
Improving the Quality of Food for Class Parties
Whether you’ve spent hours making batches of cupcakes, or you’re a witness to those extreme sugar rushes (and crashes) when your child gets home from school, we all know about …
Austin Area Chefs Want to Help Improve School Lunches
The Let’s Move! campaign against childhood obesity just celebrated its first anniversary. The goal of this campaign is to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic within one generation. Although the goal …
Healthy Make-Ahead School Lunch Ideas
Families today are busier than ever before, which means that parents have some tough decisions to make about where to invest their time. Providing children with a healthy lunch is a wise investment. Nutrition powers children’s learning.
Austin Area Chefs Want to Help Improve School Lunches
School lunches must be made healthier. The Let’s Move! campaign has invited chefs around the country to work with their local schools to come up with delicious, healthful ways to feed their children, and ways to get children excited about eating better.
Children Are Not Hummingbirds: Stop Giving Them Sugary Drinks
The childhood obesity epidemic in the United States does not have a single cause. Rather, there are a variety of factors that contribute to the increasing number of overweight or obese children. But one place we can surely point the finger of blame is toward the number of sugary drinks children consume.
Make “Fall Cleaning” the Pantry Part of Your Back to School Routine
What your kids eat when you’re not looking might surprise you. You’ve heard of spring cleaning, but have you ever considered fall cleaning? I’m talking about cleaning out your pantry, getting rid of unhealthy snacks.
Simple Tips to Get Teens to Eat Healthier
Teenagers are notoriously unhealthy eaters. They are still young enough to feel as though they’ll live forever but are old enough to want to make their own decisions about what to eat. Nagging them won’t work. In fact, nagging is more likely to make them rebel.