Saturday May 19, 2012

Have Healthy Eating Habits Even At School

Parents always struggle when it comes to developing kid’s healthy eating habits during lunchtime at school. On the other hand, a kid may always complain about the food served to her. She may start to complain why her friend Annie can eat junk foods when she’s left to suffer the greens simply because her mom [...]

Iron Deficiency Messes With Kid’s Good Nutrition

Are you worried that your kid is often sluggish and irritated? Fight off these negative circumstances by ensuring that he gets the right amount of iron. Indeed, aside from the act of making sure that your kid eats meals per day, good nutrition also entails the act of checking whether he is not suffering from [...]

Fast Food Marketing To Kids Worse Than Ever

Yale Nutrition Expert says Industry’s Actions Don’t Live up to Their Promises
Not much of a surprise here. My kids do not watch network TV shows. They watch movies and some OnDemand children cable programming (PBS for Kids). But once in awhile they will catch network commercials when visiting a friend’s home. Luckily, they don’t pressure [...]

Junk Food And Children

Parenthood entails different responsibilities to the point that you won’t find two parents that are actually alike when it comes to the way they treat their kids. Admittedly, children are different from each other too hence parents will need to try different approaches just to deal with their little ones. However, if there is one [...]

Kids Health Watch: Are You Feeding Healthy Foods?

Kids saying a big ‘no’ on a cup of broccoli isn’t new. Is it innate for kids to hate healthy foods? Is healthy eating always synonymous to bland and boring foods? The thing to understand is that you are actually one of the many reasons why your kid isn’t eating healthy. Kids aren’t born carrying [...]

The Road To Achieving Kid’s Proper Diet And Nutrition

Everyone seems to be battling with the troubles caused by obesity, but how about the underweight kids? Being underweight is likely as dangerous as being obese hence parents are advised to take vigilant courses to ensure that the right diet and nutrition is achieved.
Fact is, you do not need to hire the service of [...]

Do You Munch In Front Of The TV

Hi everyone
 
I came across this article that I just had to share.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carole-carson/are-you-primed-to-be-fat_b_695100.html
 
As a parent I am guilty of eating while watching TV and that’s after I had my dinner. I know. I know. And unfortunately my bad eating habits have not gone unnoticed by my kids. 
 
My kids are always asking to eat while watching their [...]

Know A Picky Eater?

My kid is a picky eater. There I said it. Moving on now. No, seriously…what kid isn’t a picky eater? One day she loves it, next day she hates it. What she once tried and loved at three years old has become disgusting and vile at age four. Yet the foods she snubbed at age [...]

Kids Cooking Encourages Healthy Eating

Do you have a picky eater for a child? Since parents will do almost anything just to ensure that their kids get the proper nutrition needed to make them grow up healthy and strong, it is a frustrating thing to realize that your kid is just not interested with anything you serve him. Well, instead [...]

Sugary Breakfast Cereals Leave Kids Hungry

Leading makers of breakfast cereals especially those who target young children with their TV ad campaigns are leaving kids hungry by providing very little nutritional value in their products. Kids are so susceptible to commercials that showcase action heroes, cartoon characters and the likes not only on television but are proudly displayed on the front [...]