Articles tagged with: breakfast
This is the seventh article in our 10-part series that drills down on each individual point in 10 Ways to Make Your Kid Fat. Stay tuned for the rest.
As parents, we think about how to get a child to eat healthy basically every time we feed them. Chances are, it’s why you’re reading this blog right now. And dang it, the words “finish your broccoli and you can have…
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…while keeping sane. Every. Single. Morning.
This is the first article in our 10-part series that drills down on each individual point in 10 Ways to Make Your Kid Fat. Stay tuned for more.
Your mom really was right when she said: You can’t learn on an empty stomach, child. A healthy kids’ breakfast each morning is essential for a successful…
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- Don’t feed your kids breakfast. It’s hard enough to get them out the door in the morning anyway. Geez, moms need a break too. Just make sure you put a candy bar in their pocket, in case their blood sugar drops a little later on.
- Pay no attention to portion sizes. In fact, adult portions are completely appropriate. Don’t worry about a child’s stomach only being the size
From our sponsor The Children’s Hospital
Most children are not obese, but fears about the obesity “epidemic” have increased with good reason. According to Renee Porter, obesity clinical nurse coordinator at The Children’s Hospital, portion sizes have nearly tripled in the last 20 to 30 years, kids often drink too many sugar-sweetened beverages, recess and physical education have drastically decreased…
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Over in the Grocery Tips section of our blog, we published a list of 25 Must-haves for Healthy Meals on a Whim. If you’re one of those people who can’t do anything around their household without a user manual, fine, here is what you do with the 25 things we told you to buy:
Extra tip: And, as always, if you involve your kids in preparing…
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The first day of school is so exciting. Remember when you were a kid how good it felt to know that the next report card was still a completely blank slate? That all the opportunities to do well laid still ahead for you to grab?
As parents, we still anticipate the new school year with great expectations – mixed with some anxieties. Will she make new friends? Will he do…
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If you can find an excuse not to work out faster than you can find your gym shoes, you know how hard it is to get (and stay) in the habit of exercising regularly. If you are rushing out the door in the mornings with an empty stomach, only to crave a scone with your latte by 10 am, you know how easy it is to give in to your…
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