School
General Healthy Eating Tips
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MyPlate.gov – a government site that provides information, menus, trackers to help you and your family eat better.
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BAM! – CDC’s site for school-aged children. Provides games, recipes and other fun stuff to engage your children.
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This one’s for college students–here are some tips on how to eat the right foods to get your brain and body ready to learn!
Lunches
Resources and links for ideas for packing healthy lunches for the whole family.
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EatingWell provides healthy kids lunch recipes and tips.
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Parenting.com provides many ideas and recipes for packing lunches, especially for younger children.
Snacks
Resources and links for snack ideas perfectly suited for youngsters (and adults too!)
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Heart&Stroke Healthline provides many family friendly meals and snack ideas and recipes.
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The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics offers ideas for healthy snacks for kids.
Kid Chefs
Want to have fun in the kitchen with your children? Look here.
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Kids Eat Right – this website provides articles and tips to teach your family how to shop smarter for healthy foods.
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Healthy recipes and menus that kids love.
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Kids Eat Right This resource from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics offers many tips, articles, and recipes to help you and your family cook healthier.
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Kid-Friendly meals and snacks from Heart & Stroke Foundation.
Eating Out
Eating away from home nutritionally can be challenging. These resources will prepare you for the adventure of eating out (all chain restaurants have nutrition information on their foods available on their website and usually at their site).
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Academy of Nutrition and Dieteticsproviding an array of resources from how to choose a restaurant to what to order for your kids.