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 […]
Hands-on Nutrition: TV off!
Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #13: Turn off the TV! Today’s average child watches three to four hours of TV a day! Studies show that the more TV a child watches, the more overweight s/he becomes—thanks to a deadly combo of inactivity, constant exposure to junk food ads, mindless TV snacking, and a […]