Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #18: Demand corporate responsibility! If food companies want us to take personal responsibility for the nation’s obesity epidemic, let’s make them take corporate responsibility for their special contribution! Work to limit junk food advertisements aimed at children; eliminate soda and junk food vending machines from school hallways; demand […]
FoodPlay Friday: Spring!
Welcome to another FoodPlay Friday! After all my winter grumbling, I’m sure it’s no surprise to see me here celebrating spring! Thanks to some unseasonably warm weather, it feels more like spring than usual here in New England. Walks around town with my dog have turned up large patches of daffodils in full bloom, weeks […]
Hands-On Nutrition: Body image
Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #17: Help kids feel good about themselves! Whatever their size and shape, encourage kids to realize that every body is different, and different is a great thing! Less than 2% of girls could have anywhere near the shape or weight of a fashion model without resorting to dangerous […]
Hands-On Nutrition: Healthy holidays
Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #16: Serve healthy foods Serve healthy foods for celebrations at home and in the classroom, instead of always serving candy and sweets. Check back tomorrow for more Hands-On Nutrition with Barbara Storper, MS, RD!
Hands-On Nutrition: Giving attention
Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #15: Try not to use food as a reward or punishment. Giving sweets as a reward for consolation often confuses a child’s understanding of food and love, and may encourage kids to seek out food when unhappy, bored, or lonely. Try to provide a listening ear, hugs, or […]
Hands-On Nutrition: Creative activity
Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #14: Have fun being active! Have kids make their own “(Always Wanted) To-Do List” with everything they’d like to do if they only had the time. Then, turn off the TV and go to it! Suggest activities to activate non-TV fun: sewing, cooking, sports, scrapbooking… turn spare time […]