How to Help Your Overweight Child at Home and School
The week of August 10 is Healthy Back to School Week at DietsInReview.com. Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RD is director of wellness for the International Food Information Council (IFIC). Her work...
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Parents, teachers and kids across the country are gearing up for the most bittersweet time of year – back to school. A friend’s first-grader summed it up well when she was told it was the first day of...
View ArticleHow to Prepare Healthy School Lunches
Guest Blogger Terra Wellington is an actress and the author of The Mom’s Guide to Growing Your Family Green: Saving the Earth Begins at Home (St. Martin’s Press). In her book, she outlines a Green...
View Article8 Ways to Avoid the Sandwich Lunch Rut for Back to School
This year, make lunch not only part of the back to school thrill, but something your kids can look forward to each day! Instead of dreading yet another PBJ. Let them pick out a reusable, insulated...
View ArticleVideo Series: How to Pack a Healthy School Lunch
With back to school kicking off around the country, a healthy lunch may, or may not, be on your supply list. With a few kids of my own, I’m all too familiar with sending them off to school each day...
View ArticleEasy Back to School Breakfast Options
Happy Back to School Day! For many parents across the country, it’s the beginning of a brand new school year. It’s time to start new habits, and one of the best things that you can do to help your...
View ArticleGluten Free Lunch Box Snacks Kids Will Love
In some ways it feels like summer has just begun. However, a walk through a supermarket will tell us that back-to-school season is just around the corner. The aisles are full of school supplies,...
View ArticleBack to School Yoga
It is that time of year when backpacks, notebooks and pencil bags line the shelves. New clothes hang with anticipation in the closet and old shoes are handed down to make room for the growing feet of...
View ArticleYoga for School Teachers
Teachers are educators, leaders, pseudo parents, heroes, friends and mentors. Their jobs are often thankless, yet teachers are those amazing people that help shape the future of our world. Being a...
View ArticleCourtney’s Healthy Back to School Recipes from WGN
“It all starts and ends with your mind,” Courtney Crozier said on WGN’s Mid-Day News this morning. “If you don’t change your mind you’re not going to change. The moment that you do change your mind...
View ArticleMyPlate Goes Back to School
The fall of 2011 will begin the first school year since MyPlate was introduced as the official replacement for MyPyramid. Much of the success of the new icon is in the hands of the educators who will...
View ArticleSchoolMenu.com is Serving School Lunch Support that Every District and Parent...
The father-son team of Frank and Craig Kohler at SchoolMenu.com is taking a stance against childhood obesity, making themselves an active player in doing something for children throughout the U.S. and...
View ArticleBag School Lunches Blamed for Disease-Causing Bacteria
With healthier school lunch guidelines on the way, some parents might prefer to let their child buy lunch, especially with the recent findings that “sack” lunches can pose serious health threats for...
View Article5 Healthy 5-Minute Snacks For Your Kids
By Jennifer Gregory It’s a scene that plays out in many houses each afternoon: The kids come home from school and they are starving. Not just merely hungry, but absolutely famished and they want...
View ArticleBeat the Heat with Seven Easy Back-to-School Dinners
While the weather is still hot and humid in most of the country, families are gearing up to head back to school and back to work after summer vacations. Even though schedules become more hectic during...
View ArticleYoga for College Freshmen
Changes in lifestyle and the added pressures of academic expectations can wreak havoc on the health of new freshmen. It is no wonder this first trying year can cause one to pack on some extra pounds....
View Article5 Ways Teachers Can Improve the Health of Their Classrooms
By Tanisha Williams As children succumb to the obesity epidemic, schools are turning to all teachers— not just physical education teachers—to instruct and encourage students to develop healthier...
View ArticleSending Your Gluten Free Kid Back to School
Wendy Gregory Kaho blogs about the care and feeding of a gluten-free family at Celiacs in the House. Just as I had to regroup and strategize to send my two gluten-free kids off to college, mothers of...
View ArticleYoga for the Classroom
As school districts continue to tighten their budget, certain classes become extinct to make way for a more fiscally efficient approach to education. If the days of playing kickball, bombardment and...
View ArticleGuilt-Free Packaged Foods for School Lunches
Packing lunches, day after day, can quickly become tedious. After all, there are only so many different ways you can pack a sandwich and even if your child is devoted to the traditional PB&J,...
View ArticleRediscover “Me Time” and Refocus on Fitness
The school bell has rung. The breeze that you just felt pass you by wasn’t a wind, but instead it was the sigh of millions of parents everywhere, breathing a sigh of relief. The kids are back in...
View ArticleHelp Your Child go Back to School Safely with a Peanut Allergy
My son has a severe, life threatening allergy to peanuts and tree nuts. We discovered this food allergy when he was two years old and we just could not figure out why he had severe asthma, requiring...
View ArticleLessons in Proper Nutrition: Teaching MyPlate in the Classroom
When it comes to eating healthy, it’s never to early to start. Although nutrition can seem like a difficult topic to discuss with a young child, keeping it simple can set them up for a lifetime of...
View ArticleFuel Up to Play 60 Back for Another Season
Fuel Up to Play 60 is back. (Yay!) Most well known for the catchy, rhyming commercial showcasing NFL players, the fantastic program to help children learn to eat healthy has returned for the new school...
View ArticleSimple Ways to Keep it Healthy This School Year
Getting children ready for school can be a daunting task. There are new clothes to buy, new books to pick up, and a plethora of new after school events to add to the schedule. Perhaps that is why...
View ArticleEmpty Calories Comic: Back to School Blues
See more Empty Calories right here in the blog each week, or receive one each month when you subscribe to our free newsletter. Here are a few ideas to make this a healthy back to school season: Seven...
View ArticleGuilt-Free School Fundraisers Are Replacing Candy Pushers
Chocolate bars. Take and bake pizza and cookies. Popcorn. Lollipops. Candy canes. Candied nuts. The list of typical school fundraisers goes on and on, and none of it is any good for you. True, there’s...
View Article5 Healthy After-School Snacks for Your Kids
By Kiera S. Campbell, author of “Yummy Healthy Tummy” You finished survived your back-to-school shopping for your kids. Now that they’re completely school-bound, why not plan on nutritious and...
View ArticleStudents Succeeding with Yoga Curriculum in the Classroom
As school budgets continue to shrink, one area we see cut time and time again is physical education. Schools eliminate this vitally important part of a student’s schedule in exchange for more classroom...
View ArticleYoga Helps Relieve Back to School Anxiety for Students and Teachers
First day of school jitters ensue this time of year for students and teachers alike. Just a few nasty side effects of back-to-school anxiety include constipation, diarrhea, insomnia, and headaches....
View Article35 Kid-Friendly Snacks that Meet the New Smart Snacks in Schools Guidelines
Students are going back to a healthier school environment this year, as schools continue to advance Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. Last year, USDA added more fruit, vegetables and whole grains...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Stuffed Doughnut for Awesome Mornings
Doughnuts have been stuffed with chocolate, jelly, and cream for as long as doughnuts have been baked. They’ve even been used as buns to hold burgers with bacon and fried eggs. None of those are really...
View Article35 Quick and Healthy School Night Dinners Your Kids Will Actually Eat
What’s for dinner is the most impossible question to answer on our best nights, but during the chaos and rush of back to school it feels nearly hopeless. Adjusting to new schedules and adding...
View ArticleWIN the Ultimate Stuff Your Lunch Box Giveaway Just in Time for Back to School!
School is back in session and parents, you know what that means. It’s time to drag out the superhero and princess lunch boxes and pose the question you’ll be asking hundreds of times this year, “What...
View ArticleWhat to Feed the Reluctant Breakfast Eater and 9 Quick Options to Mix and Match
The school year is fast-approaching for my little family, and may already be in session for yours. With this change of seasons comes the hustle of the morning routine. Ugh. Two different kids off to...
View ArticleCupcake Ban in Schools Inspires Healthier Classroom Party Treat Ideas
“Mom, what are we bringing to school tomorrow for my birthday?” If you’re like most busy parents, your child’s innocent question may send you into panic-stricken stammering. “Um…well…it’s a surprise....
View ArticleAdd Simple Yoga to Your Back to School Routine for Happier, Focused Kids
Don’t you know the feeling you have when you get to do a little yoga or meditation before you start the work day? Why not carry that same euphoric feeling over to the kids? Shouldn’t they be able to...
View ArticleBack to School Clean Eating Cookies Made Just About Any Way You Like!
It’s that time of year again for brown bag lunches and busy fall schedules. To keep the kids healthy AND keep their sweet tooth happy, try these super simple, super clean cookies. What we love about...
View ArticleYour Grades are What You Eat! 10 Smart Back to School Foods to Boost Kids’...
As the school year kicks off, it’s safe to say that good grades are at the top of many people’s school wishlists. While you can’t deny that paying attention in class and doing the assigned work makes...
View ArticleLittle Kid Bodies Must Play if You Want the Test Scores You’re After
It’s a fact some schools have been cutting physical education classes and other activities like recess and team sports in order to save money and allow more classroom time. However, removing physical...
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