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!

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]