The Impact of Beverages on Preschool Children
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Preventative Health
The Impact of Beverages on Preschool Children
Preschool years are a critical period for laying the foundation for a lifetime of healthy eating. Evidence shows that food preferences and eating habits developed at this age are strong predictors of what they’ll eat when they’re older. Carbohydrate and fat intake at ages 3 to 5 is strongly correlated to carbohydrate and fat intake at 7 to 8 years of age, when they begin making more food choices on their own. Preschool years are…
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Preventative Health
5 Summer Essentials for Kids (and Their Parents)
The only thing better than summertime is being a kid in the summertime. Whether you’re living the life at camp, making daily schleps to the town pool, or on a carefree staycation with the neighborhood kids, summertime and childhood are practically synonymous with happiness. To ensure that your kiddos stay healthy, safe, and happy this summer, first, avoid the Sneaky Snack Effect, which can get out of control in the summer months. In addition, we’ve…
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Healthy Diet
Easy, Healthy, Weeknight Dinners, Solved. Part III: Preparing
You’ve planned your meals. You’ve bought the ingredients. There’s now just one more step to making easy, healthy, weeknight dinners a reality: preparing to cook. Setting aside a few minutes to prepare your meals can make a massive impact on your food choices for the week. Prepping your food transforms your good intentions into actual follow-through and real results: you’ll reduce the likelihood of ordering take-out and increase the chances that you actually consume your…