Child Nutrition

School Lunches Made Easy

Pack a healthy lunch by breaking up your child's nutrition needs into these three key areas: protein, carbohydrate and fat. Then add color--think deep red, green, blue, orange and purple to make certa.... read more

Sep 27, 2022 5:18am

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Does fruit turn into sugar?

Fruit provides an abundance of nutrition: antioxidants, water, vitamins, minerals and energy--aka "fructose" a long sugar chain that gets broken down into glucose (the body's preferred fuel source) .... read more

Aug 08, 2022 8:03am

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Food Sensitivity Tests: Should I get one?

At home food sensitivity and allergy tests have become increasingly popular. They are available in drugstores an online under various brand names. Some require hair samples, saliva samples or blood te.... read more

Jun 21, 2022 1:41pm

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Summer Time Kid-Friendly Snacks

Summer time is coming soon. Cue the kids opening the refrigerator constantly, draining the pantry and asking "Mom, what's for dinner?" We know from food surveys that kids in the U.S. don't usually .... read more

May 06, 2022 8:55am

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How to Learn to Like New Foods

Not everyone is born to love fruits and vegetables. Some people describe vegetables to have a bitter taste or have a texture that is squishy or slimy for that matter. What would you say if I told y.... read more

Mar 28, 2022 1:02pm

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Super Food Smoothie

5 minutes | 2 Servings | Kid-Friendly, Toddler-Friendly Ingredients: 1c baby spinach leaves, washed and dried 3/4c cow's milk (1%) Note: If you substitute with almond or oat milk, look for no-sug.... read more

Nov 20, 2021 8:40am

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Safe Food Storage: Materials Matter

There are a ton of new food storage materials now on the market and if you have a family and have read recent guidelines issued from the American Academy of Pediatrics then you're probably aware tha.... read more

May 12, 2021 8:00am

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Buy back time in the kitchen--in just 15 minutes

How do you buy back time in the kitchen when you don't have time to cook? Or time to prep? Or when you work long hours? Or what about when you're fielding kids and family to sporting events? How do yo.... read more

May 05, 2021 8:00am

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School & Big Appetites are Back in Session

Pictured left: Sophia's "Food Flower" with "olive clouds and a potato chip sun" (Age 6) Why is my kid gaining weight? It’s a loaded question for sure but what does the science tell us? W.... read more

Sep 11, 2019 6:00pm

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