Is it really more expensive to eat healthier? Often, the general public assumes it is more expensive to eat healthier foods because an accurate method to analyze the costs of foods has not been available.
Realistically, it simply isn’t easy …
Inspiring Kids to Try New Foods
Ask any parent about their most frequent meal time struggles, and no doubt “getting my kids to try a new food” will be right at the top of the list. With the right approach, increasing children’s food repertoire doesn’t have …
Making Healthy School Food Choices – A Parent’s Influence
The Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act (HHFKA) has stirred up all sorts of controversy, misconceptions and contradictory information.
While the public has every right to expect the very best nutrition for their children when they eat school lunch, offering nutritious …
Balancing Sweets & Treats in a Healthy Diet: Why Restriction Won't Work
All things in moderation: A mantra that always seems to come back when we talk about healthy eating.
At Pennsylvania State University, preschoolers were offered graham crackers during school snack time. On separate occasions, the graham crackers were either sitting …
Tips for Packing Quick Healthy Lunches
Are your kids tired of eating PB&J every day? Do you dread packing lunches? Packing lunch does not have to be a chore. You and your kids can follow these simple steps to pack a quick, healthy lunch!
TIPS FOR …
How Peer and Parental Influences Affect Meal Choices
It is well understood that WHAT we eat can impact our health. However, WHO we eat with can also have a significant influence on our choices. In children as young as age 2, peer influence can play a role in …
Youth Food Choices at School: Do Families Matter?
Whether a child chooses to pick up that piece of pizza or that salad in school has more reasoning behind it than we may think. There are a multitude of factors that influence children and adolescents’ food choices, and we …
Beating the Summer Lunch Blues
Tired of preparing lunch for your hungry kids this summer? Are the kids tired of the same old lunches? Here are some general tips to help keep summer lunches interesting, healthy, and easy.
General Tips for Healthy Summer Lunches:
- Bananas
Tell Me When! How Bowl Size Impacts the Amount Children Request and Eat
The effect of plate and bowl sizes on portion size and calorie consumption by adults and children is well documented in literature. Larger the dish the more food you or the server is likely to put on it. But how …
Adventurous Eating: A New Approach to Weight Loss?
Given the current state of obesity rates in the U.S., researchers and practitioners are still searching for viable solutions to help individuals lose weight. Recently, researchers at the Cornell Food and Brand Lab1 undertook a study to examine a …