The new year is upon us, and everyone — including the media, your next-door neighbor, co-workers, family and
friends — starts talking about New Year’s resolutions. Some of the most-heard resolutions are merely variations on a theme: "I’m going to lose 10 pounds," "I’m going on a diet," or "I'm joining a gym."
After a few weeks, even the best of intentions fade along with the memories of Aunt Rosemary’s infamous fruitcake.
This year, why not take a bigger approach to New Year’s resolutions? Help your kids focus on developing better eating habits, and on eating nutritious foods that will keep everyone in your care energized and healthy.
Here are some easy tactics, suggestions and tips to start 2008 with a new approach to better eating:
- Bake your own chips — cut whole-wheat tortillas into triangles with a pizza cutter and bake until crisp.
- Make popcorn the old-fashioned way, on the stovetop with a little oil, break out the air popper and get even healthier.
- Eat, and cook, together — this can create healthy attitudes and fond memories about cooking great food together. Even younger children can
help by tearing lettuce or with other simple tasks, like putting ingredients together or setting the table.
- Let your kids pick a snack — give kids a choice of healthy foods to pick from for snack time, and they’ll be motivated and interested in making snack time great.
Fun facts for kids.
Quiz your kids with these fun food facts!
Did you know that:
Hawaii is the only U.S. state that produces pineapples?
Rice is the dietary staple of half of the world’s population?
It takes about 10 pounds of milk to make one pound of cheese?
The population of France eats approximately 500,000,000 snails per year?
Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries?
