www.howdini.com Kids are gonna snack–but snacks don’t have to be junk food. Author and dietitian Elizabeth Somer has great ideas to help you get your kids to eat healthy snacks. Encouraging kids to eat healthy snacks * 25% of your children’s calories come from the food they snack on — that’s a quarter of their daily intake that could be really healthy. * Remember that until your children start driving, you are the gatekeeper for everything that comes into your home. Don’t bring in chips, cookies and soda. * It’s up to you to stock healthy snacks for your kids. If all your children have to snack on is milk, fruit and fresh grains, then they will make better choices. * Set an example for your children during your own snacks and meals. If you want your children to eat fruits and vegetables for snacks then you should eat them yourself. * Start serving healthy food on a regular basis. It may take 10 times before your kids will try their spinach or carrots! You can work in healthier foods to your kids diet by adding them to their favorite foods. Serving healthy snacks for kids * For snacks on the go, apple slices, baby carrots, yogurt and string cheese are good choices. Stay away from vending machines as much as possible. * If you have forgotten to pack healthy snacks for the kids and have to resort to a vending machine, try to pick something that resembles one of the four food groups * Try to get at least two food groups into each snack. For example, a slice of apple (fruit …
rwjuweiannie says
i never drink any fruit juice ..i just dont trust them most are full of sugar..water or natural juice and milk are way better
plasmagic says
read my channel about milk, u can drink alkaline water with lemon n stevia
rayya555 says
i never new there was yoghurt in vending machines.
Neenawrr says
YA ITS GOOD IN DA MOUTH!
sndd0138 says
there’s a soda vending machine in every school…how f’d up is that?
SeapointFarmsVideo says
Great video on healthy snacking! We recently put together a video to try to inspire healthier snacking for kids. It’s called “Carl Discovers KooLoos RAIN.” Its pretty fun for adults too
neon169 says
tried a celery today…… TASTE LIKE SHIT
Themusicnotes87 says
eww thats naste peas in campells soup u old ladys are so gross and so mean to ur kids
Jemeela says
@neon169
chop it up and use it in other foods.
like pasta, curry, spag bol.
for some reason people insist on eating it by itself.
you don’t eat peas by themsealves.
neon169 says
@Jemeela cause i ate in class they put it with peanut butter and raisins.. all i tasted was that celery.
Kizzaayyx says
@neon169 LOOOL.
Patman01810 says
fuck u i am not eating only healthy food so fuck off
TwinzOfOMG says
Nice vid. Really helped. And I’m a kid.
TheRealDealReview says
they took the vending machine out of my school…:'(
F*CK YOU ELIZABETH SUMMER!!!
gr33neyes11 says
im a kid i eat all kinds of vegtables but blame the student store wait dont they get healthy snacks lol didnt even notice
matmanburnz says
i am a mother and this depresing
im not really a mom
im kevin garnett
matmanburnz says
BLAH BLAH BLAH
matmanburnz says
screw kobe
tkauffdrop21 says
@TheRealDealReview theyn actually took the vending machine out of your school? what school do you go to
thehoundboys says
umm look if all there is to choose from fruit or whole grain im just not snacking
TheModelification says
Michelle Obama’s $4.5 billion “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act” mandates broke school districts to grow gardens and have salad bars, but it begs the question why can’t the existing system be revamped to give children healthier choices without costing a fortune.
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It also takes $2.2 Billion away from the Food Stamp Program to fund it. Currently the US pays some farmers not to grow food, and Michelle is on Sesame Street using Elmo to push it.
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Allen West 2012
xDeaDxLegacY says
PEOPLE just eat what u want just dont eat too much