It was one week ago today when I stood on Market Street with thousands and thousands of other San Francisco Giants fans and celebrated the World Series victory that was indescribable! I was born and raised in San Francisco so this is an event that we ...
A new study just released by the Journal of Pediatrics indicates that kids think sports drinks are healthy. In this study, they found a correlation of increased sports drink with increased activity and healthier food choices. In the same study, th...
The USDA has just funded a 2 million dollar study to learn how to affect children's eating habits during school lunchtime.The idea is for the research to fight childhood obesity through changing the way students think about their lunch choices.
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This week is national School Lunch Week.This year's theme is "What's On Your Tray?". A campaign to help kids learn about the foods that make them healthy.Kids can go to to the What's On Your Tray website and take a personality/food quiz that has a cle...
We are partners with a wonderful organization, Healthy Kids Challenge, who shares our mission to help kids eat healthier. They have just launched a new contest that I wanted to share with you:Healthy Kids Challenge and featured sponsor, Del Monte, alo...
Here are some facts about sugary drinks that you may not have known:
one can of soda has about 10 teaspoons of sugar, 150 calories, 30 to 55 mg of caffeine (1)
a 20-ounce serving, sugary drink contains almost 17 teaspoons of sugar (1)
sweetened bev...
It's Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and many states are having events to help create awareness to the community. this could pose a good opportunity to talk to your children about why it is important to maintain a healthy weight and also what is a h...
Family night at Fresh Choice was a huge success. Kids really enjoyed learning about fresh fruits and vegetables while playing games. Parents watched their kids learn about healthy food choices and picked up some eating out tips.Fresh Choice wanted t...
A consumer watchdog group is threatening to sue McDonalds for placing toys in their Happy Meals. With the growing concern about our children's lack of nutrition and healthy habits, McDonalds is now under fire.The group is claiming that by placing toys ...
I'm Maggie LaBarbera, RN founder of Nourish Interactive- The Fun Way to Learn About Nutrition. I am excited to announce that four of my games are finalists in Apps for Healthy Kids Contest, sponsored by the "Let's Move" Campaign.The Let's Move Campa...