January has come and gone, and during the time off from school and colder days, it can be a struggle to keep your kids on track with healthy habits in terms of fitness and nutrition. It’s best to get your kids on a healthy eating and exercising regime early on in the year, and stick…
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The Benefits of Cooking with your Child
“In an increasingly time poor society, ‘life skills’ like cooking are being lost and the primary school environment, as well as at home, is the perfect place for children to begin this journey.” -Joanne Bowskill, Founder of Get Kids Cooking Sure, including the kids in meals preparation may require more time, patience, and extra clean-up,…
I Can’t Believe How Many Calories Are in That Food!
Even though there are many factors when it comes to weight gain, such as hormones, age, stress and natural metabolism, the mainstay of factors is always calorie consumption. This is of course especially true with kids, and educating them early on about calories can be important in setting them up for a life where they…
The A-Z of Essential Nutrients for Kids!
A list of the most essential nutrients required by our kids Vitamin A Why // Great for eyesight, particularly color and night vision. Also help boost our immune systems. Where // Carrots, sweet potato, almonds, salmon… B Vitamins Why // B vitamins (such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, biotin) are all essential to help us make and…
A Creative Way To Teach Nutrition Through Play
I came across a fabulous post via The Playtime Express called Encourage Healthy Eating with a “Kid’s Restaurant”! What better way for your child to learn about healthy eating than to play with it! By creating your very own Kid’s Restaurant, your child will learn to not only identify several different food items, but will…
5 GREAT apps to Teach Kids about Nutrition
It seems that our little ones are always on their iPads or smart phones, or tablets, playing games and zoning out. For us as parents, it can be a welcome break to focus on some work, chores or just a meal in peace, however there is always a guilty part of us thinking it’s a…
How Much Protein Does A Toddler Need?
Not too much. A pediatric dietitian writing for parents.com has said “There seems to be a link between high dietary protein in the first 24 months of life and a higher risk of being overweight or obese later in life.” The studies in question had one critical detail, being that the only type of protein…
Can Children be Trained to Like Certain Foods?
Are American parents making too many nutritional excuses for their kids? One look at children’s food habits around the globe and that seems to be the case. While some Americans are in the midst of a “real food” movement involving school lunch standards, processed foods, animal treatment standards, and GMOs, the French, for example, are…