The marketing of junk food to children is pervasive. The food and beverage industry spends billions of dollars each year marketing directly to children, ensuring they see an average of 10 food-related adds every day, 98% of which are for products high in fat, sugar, or sodium.[1] One way advertisers sell unhealthy food products to […]
FoodPlay at FNCE!
Barbara attended the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) last month. She had a great time meeting old friends and new, and she took lots of photos! Check out Barbara’s photo gallery on our Facebook page!
Here’s to A Healthy Halloween!
Aaahhhh, Halloween, here’s some helpful hints to take some of the sugar out of the holiday from our founder and director, Barbara Storper, MS, RD. How about trying out the Halloween Buy-Out Strategy: Buy back your kid’s candy and with the money they earn, encourage them to save it for holiday presents or even donate […]
Super FOODPLAY Family Night in Tewksbury!
A great Fun Food Family Night was had by all! Hats off to the amazing Deb Mugford, School Food Service Director for Tewksbury Public Schools, who created a fabulous community event last night! The parking lot at the Tewksbury High School was filled, kids and their families excitedly coming out to take part of this […]
Thanks Hannaford & David Ortiz!
From being on the road as a stage manager to working in our home office, FoodPlay continues to give me some of the most amazing experiences and my favorite memories! As a top on the list, this past Monday I met one of my Red Sox heroes—Big Papi. Ortiz, along with Hannaford Helps Schools, presented […]
Celebrate September!
There are a lot of amazing things to celebrate in September—the start of a new school year, cool Fall weather, apple season, and it’s the commemorative month for two causes aimed at getting our nation and kids healthy: National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month Fruit & Veggies—More Matters Month In the spirit of National Childhood Obesity […]