Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #12: Meal time is family time! Encourage parents to have simple, nutritious family meals several times a week and make them a peaceful, comfortable time for eating and talking. Save arguments, criticisms, TV watching, and phone calls for other times. Check back on Monday for more Hands-On Nutrition […]

Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #11: Get real with serving sizes! Especially at fast food stops, restaurants, convenience stores, and movie theaters, avoid the temptation of “value meals” or “Big Gulp” sodas that may seem like a savings, but are just adding calories from sugar and fat. Show kids how much sugar is […]

Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #10: Have it your kids’ way… sort of Promote choice whenever you can, as long as they’re healthy choices (e.g., say “Would you like an orange or an apple for a snack?” instead of “What would you like for a snack?”). For fun cafeteria-style meals, set up food […]

Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #9: Involve kids in the preparation of healthy snacks and meals! Create a mini kids’ cooking show each week, or snack stations where kids go from station to station creating healthy snacks. Grow a vegetable garden together, plant a seed, create a window box, or grow sprouts. Kids […]

Here’s today’s bite-sized Hands-On Nutrition strategy! Strategy #8: Get up and Move! Take walks, hikes, or bike rides, play catch in the yard, or dance around to swing tunes in your classroom to get oxygen to the brain between lessons. Even an after-dinner stroll around the block is a great step towards family fitness! Check […]