Use this guide to help monitor your youth athlete’s nutrition and keep them fueled.
Fueling Your Youth Athlete
Category: Healthy Kids
Allergy-Friendly Halloween
Halloween can be particularly tricky for children living with food allergies. We’ve gathered ideas and tips to make it less frightful for these families.
Snacks for School
As we gear up for another school year, let’s make stocking up on snacks part of back-to-school planning.
Homemade Summer Snacks
Learn about the benefits of homemade summer snacks. Plus, plenty of warm-weather favorites that don’t take much time or effort to prepare.
Infant Nutrition
Infants experience an exceptional rate of growth and development in their first year of life which requires ideal nutrition. The incomprehensible infant formula shortage has brought the conversation on infant feeding front and center. Now seems like the perfect time to discuss infants’ unique nutrient needs. Here is an overview of important nutrition considerations for the first year of life.
Tricks to Making Halloween a Treat
Happy Halloween! It’s almost time for families to go trick-or-treating around the neighborhood or, as I recently learned from my son’s daycare, a trunk. Here are some tricks for making this year’s Halloween a treat for the entire family. Let’s get this party started…
Seafood in Schools
What type of fish comes to mind when you think of school lunch? Is it breaded, deep-fried fish sticks served with a mayonnaise-based tartar sauce? Because that’s what I think of and it’s not exactly the most nutritious representation of fish. Thankfully, more skilled foodservice directors are finding new, creative ways to incorporate nutritious seafood options into their menus and budget. I discuss here why this is so important.
The ABC’s of Summer Snacking
When the school year wraps up, the organization and structure that comes along with it wraps up too. Whether at camp, home, or a friend’s house, kids are on their own more and this independence can make keeping track of their eating a challenge. However, caregivers need not worry if they’ve put into place solid snacking strategies.