Healthy Habits

It's Kids Cook Monday a great day to cook with your child and take steps towards making family dinner a part of your weekly family time. We came across Kids Cook Monday's article about Making Family Meals a Weekly Ritual on the Blog for Family Dinner w...

Infographics with healthy eating tips for college students.

October is dental hygiene month. And that reminds us how important it is to take care of your family and especially children's teeth. Keeping your family's teeth healthy involves care of the mouth, monitoring growth of teeth, cavity prevention, to n...

Keep kids focused on adding more fruits and vegetables to their plate.Benefits of fruits and vegetables Fruits and vegetables are very high in a number of nutrients that most kids do not get enough of.—vitamins A, C and K, potassium, fiber and magnes...

New study shows that nagging parents does work.  This is probably not a surprise for anyone that has kids!  Sometimes it is just easier to give in, especially with hectic schedules.But I found this very interesting: John Hopkins School of Public Health...

This month is national childhood obesity awareness month and there is a lot of focus on how to help overweight children.  But the fact is that most of our children, over 85% don't eat the recommended amounts of healthy foods like fruits and vegetables ...

Happy National Trail mix Day!  Kids and parents enjoy trail mix as a quick snack.  And it can be a very healthy snack too.Get the kids involved and make your own trail mix!  Not only is it a great way to teach your children about a healthy snack but yo...

Controversy is brewing over whether kids should drink flavored milk.  More and more schools are discussing whether to ban it altogether.Then of course, there is a lot of sugar in flavored milk and we know kids already get too much sugar.  Sugar fuels t...

Your child is complaining that they are starving by lunch time.  What can you do to help keep their tummies full so they can concentrate in school? Make sure they have breakfast every morning Add more protein rich foods to their breakfast and high f...

You are fixing your child's lunch with healthy foods and hoping that your child will eat it!So how do you ensure that your child will eat the healthy lunch you have prepared and not toss it or trade it.  Well, of course, as they get older, it gets hard...