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Top Ten Nutrients of Focus for Kids
If you want to help kids to fare better in school this year, pay attention to nutrition...
Changing the Way Kids Eat: A Dietitian's Guide
Promoting the fact that children over the age of 2 can consume the same healthy diet as adults, while keeping servings and nutritional needs in mind, may move the needle on children’s food options...
What's the Deal with Kids' Menus?
Why are restaurant menus for kids loaded with ultra-processed foods?
USDA School Snack Guide - Smart Snack List for Parents, Teachers and School Foodservice Directors
The face of school snacks is changing. With the new USDA regulations, healthful foods are replacing cookies and candy as the snacks available to kids. But how will this impact your school event? Let’s take a look...
Fun Fruit Trivia: Apples
You ask, we deliver! Lots of people have been writing to me lately asking for more trivia about healthful foods...
New Study: Eating Patterns and Childhood Obesity
Eating patterns may play a larger role in childhood obesity than we had previously believed...
Back to School Tip #3: The MyPlate Pledge
It's time for our last back to school tip, and this one is all about motivation...
Back to School Tip #2: Play, Play, Play
Sometimes kids can get to their recommended 60 minutes (or more) of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily at school, but it's often the case that they can't...
Back to School Tip #1: Snackvantage
August is Kids Eat Right Month and also when most kids head back to school. Help the kids in your life make healthful choices as they start back to school by seizing a snackvantage...
Make Every Bite Count: Older Infants
Today, we continue The Make Every Bite Count series with a closer look at recommendations for older infants...
Make Every Bite Count: Infants and Toddlers Part Two
Here's part two of our new series by Hollis Bass, MEd, RD, LD
Update: No Added Sugars for Toddlers
The recently released Scientific Report of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee marks the first time that added sugars are addressed for infants and toddlers younger than 2 years old. The recommendation is simple: no added sugars from any source.
Toddlers and Added Sugars: What You Need to Know
A healthy diet with optimum amounts of vitamins, minerals, fiber, healthy types of fats and proteins is crucial for infants and toddlers younger than age 2 to support growth and development...
Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Evidence on Diet and Health Part Three
Today we're tackling Evidence on Diet and Health Part Three: Diet and Health Relationships: Birth to Age 24 Months...
Scientific Report of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Evidence on Diet and Health
Today we are diving right into the really good stuff in this scientific report! Check out this overview of the first chapter of Evidence on Diet and Health: Current Dietary Intakes Through the Life Course...
Update: The Scientific Report From The Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee
A scientific report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is now available! Come see the highlights, the changes, and how you can affect how the next official edition is shaped...
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