Family Nutrition Blog
Our blog ‘Nourishing Thoughts’ keeps families informed on current nutrition news, fun kid-friendly nutrition tips to encourage healthy food, nutrition, and exercise choices, nutrition articles, and interactive tools for parents. Our healthy nutrition blog is for parents, teachers, and everyone who is interested in kids' health and nutrition.
Often, we will have weekly themes about healthy habits. The topic is discussed on Mondays, we follow up with a fun informative infographic that provides key facts about the topic, finishing up on Friday with some great materials and resources to use to bring that topic to home, school or wherever you are working with children to promote healthier habits! Enjoy.
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About Maggie
I am a nurse and a mother of two. I am also the founder of Nourish Interactive. I am very concerned about the health and well being of our children. I started the Nourishing Thoughts Blog so that I could help parents keep up on the latest trends in children’s nutrition and exercise.
I know that much like reading and writing is the foundation for learning, nutrition is the foundation for healthy children. But with so many new studies, products and trends constantly being reported it is hard to keep up. I just want to make it a little easier for parents by doing some of the legwork and providing you with up to date information.
It was about a year ago today that Just Label It decided to push to get one million signatures to the FDA urging them to require labeling of GMOs. Look at what they have been able to accomplish since then:
1.2 million signatures!
And n...
Depending on where you live, it may be too cold for your kids to play outside in the wintertime. Or it may get dark so early that your kids don't have much time to play outside after school. A lot of parents struggle to get their kids to stay as act...
I just wanted to extend my congratulations to our re-elected President Obama.
I also wanted to say how excited I am to have our First Lady, Michelle Obama for another four years. She has been so instrumental in bringing much needed attention to...
The Institute of Medicine has released a new report about the weight of the nation, adults and children. But sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words and this great infographic summarized all the key points of the report.
Read the full rep...
With Thanksgiving quickly coming upon us, we wanted to share these books about fruits and vegetable. What a great way to teach the little ones about the many foods that are in the horn of plenty.
Enter this giveaway now! Contest through Novembe...
Halloween’s roots stem from the region now known as Ireland when a version of the holiday was celebrated over 2000 years ago by the Celts. Back then, it was known as the festival of Samhain and consisted of bonfires, fortune telling and ...
Halloween candy isn't your only option for Halloween treats. Find out some great treats that won't add more sugar to your children's Halloween.
We want to thank Chef Sean of the wonderful nonprofit program "Cooking With Kidz™". He teaches children about nutrition through cooking. We are also so excited that he uses Chef Solus and many of our printables as part of his program!
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Halloween is not only about candy. You can use this holiday to help kids learn about how to portion control, limit their candy consumption and nutritious foods that are orange!
Here are some great (short and to the point) articles for parents....