EJ: Let's talk
about junk food.
Poor quality Milk Bones and other treats are commonplace in stores, offices, and hotels, and most dogs are crazy
about junk food.
Click here to read more
about the Junk Food Free program.
One thing
about the Junk food If you really like a cetain treat why not make a healthy version of it and incorporate it into the protocol Matt has given us?
Nothing crazy here but plenty of good advice that won't steer you wrong (plus some interesting tidbits that can actually help quite a lot - such as an interesting phenomenon
about junk food and mass gain you may not know).
You see, a couple weeks ago, I sent an email to my first grader's principal
about the junk food problem at the school.
And if you're particularly concerned
about the junk food offered to your kids in their school classrooms, such as food served at birthday celebrations, class parties and as teacher rewards, be sure to check out «The Lunch Tray's Guide to Getting Junk Food Out of Your Child's Classroom.»
I've written a lot over the years (really, A LOT - see the Related Links below)
about junk food in school classrooms, whether distributed by teachers as rewards for good behavior and academic performance or served as part of birthday or classroom... [Continue reading]
Back in July, it was obesity specialist Yoni Freedhoff, M.D., of Weighty Matters venting
about the junk food fest at his oldest daughter's overnight camp.
But NEW rules
about junk food in the classroom.
One lone parent complaining
about junk food in their child's school can be easily dismissed as some sort of «crazy health nut.»
I may be the only mom to have spoken up, but I can guarantee you that plenty of other parents are equally as concerned
about junk food in their kids» diets — and would be happy to know that the figure skating club is helping by providing healthy snacks.
Birthday's need not be
about junk food when there are delicious tropical inspired cupcakes to be served!
Even my teenage son, whom is
all about junk food, loved it.
Not exact matches
Gina also offers practical, realistic advice
about creating a healthy kitchen and lifestyle: plan ahead, take charge, dump the
junk, and fall in love with real
food.
I'm tired of the
junk food battle, and I decided to do something
about it.
I'm currently on a tea detox diet and have to eat super healthy clean
foods it took me a few days to understand that clean eating isn't
about compromising flavor rather than the eliminate some if not all excessive sweets and
junk food.
When we talked where to go to get healthy vegan fare and where to go to get your vegan
junk food (aka, your seitan ribs, daiya cheese pizza, cupcakes & donuts, etc), I like what Ed said, «A concept with healthy nutrition is it's not
about all or nothing but it's
about what you do most of the time.»
I am not angry, but I wish people would talk
about that man - made
junk that is
food product, so many are eating.
The other 20 % of the time I'm all
about vegan desserts, coffee and
junk foods.
Think
about how many processed
junk food snacks show bright, colorful fruits on their package and say things like «made with real fruit!»
I cringe when I think
about the
junk and chemicals that I fed my family, thinking that they were a healthier alternative to the higher calorie
foods.
I could have cared less
about most
junk foods like chips or burgers, but milkshakes have always made my head spin with excitement and desire!
When I started eating healthier many years ago, I retrained my brain to focus on all the
foods I could have versus thinking
about what I wasn't choosing to eat anymore (sugar, refined grains, lots of processed
junk foods, etc.).
You understand the art of embracing high culture and down - and - out -
junk food, and I adore this
about you.
I read
about GMO's, artificial colours and flavourings, preservatives, and all of that
junk that is put into our
food and beverages these days.
Another argument against the banning of
junk food advertising to children claims that assertions
about causal influences of
food advertising on children's diets and weight are flawed because they do not take into consideration other risk factors.
It's all
about balance... fun
foods, healthy
foods, «
junk»
foods... it's all just
food and no one should criticize your choices.
I love to show people how to make SIMPLE meals with everyday natural ingredients and prep extras so that you never go reaching for the
junk food... unless you want to of course because it's all
about balance!
Following months ofone - liners
about senior citizens and
junk food, Foreman got into a seriousfistfight with heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield.
What does it say
about our society if we would rather send children to such mutilating procedures but yet lack the political will to properly fund school nutrition and ban
junk food advertising to children?
Then Jenna Pepper, a vegetable and nutrition enthusiast who blogs over at
Food With Kid Appeal, brought up the point in her excellent article that if we continue to feed them junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school, about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the cho
Food With Kid Appeal, brought up the point in her excellent article that if we continue to feed them
junk food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school, about the joys and benefits of eating real food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the cho
food and don't collectively teach our kids, at home and at school,
about the joys and benefits of eating real
food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the cho
food, children will pick the crap over the good stuff when given the choice.
As TLT readers know, one of my biggest complaints
about school
food is the prevalence of what I call «doctored
junk food» — pizza, corn dogs, burgers and Frito Pie (a staple here in Texas) that may be tweaked nutritionally but which still teach kids... [Continue reading]
But truthfully, there are people out there who are very under - educated
about food and can benefit from laws that stop tobacco being sold to minors and keep
junk out of tax - funded public school lunches.
What bothered me the most
about unhealthy snacks after sports was the psychological cause - and - effect we were instilling in our kids by rewarding minimal physical activity (and really, an hour of playing soccer when you're 6 years old is not that extreme) with
junk food.
I do think that if enough parents become willing to speak up
about what I view as a huge
junk food problem in schools, then maybe, just maybe, we can made a difference!
Last week on her wildly popular 100 Days of Real
Food blog, Lisa Leake wrote a post
about her 8 - year - old's sleepaway experience, which she titled Camp
Junk Food (really, doesn't that just say it all?).
So long as they're not allergic, they're unlikely to come to any harm eating
junk food once a month or so... and it's much better to be relaxed
about eating than to insist on a rigid adherence to good principles.
When you home educate, you don't have to worry
about your children eating
junk food at the school canteen.
Oh, and you may want to read Taking a Stand Against
Junk Food in School: Why It's Hard — But We Need to Do It Anyway and Why Candy Valentines Don't Belong in School (and What You Can Do
About Them).
In particular, there are three aspects of the House bill that ought to especially worry parents, health advocates and those who are concerned
about fighting childhood hunger: the bill takes a decidedly unscientific approach to setting school nutrition standards, it would most certainly re-open the school
junk food floodgates, and it will drop millions of needy kids from a much - lauded program that currently offers them free school meals.
Here in HISD, veritable «
food courts» are set up at lunch at various high schools to sell
junk food as fundraisers, and principals not only turn a blind eye, they're enthusiastic
about them due to the revenue that is brought in — so much revenue that hefty fine from the TX Dept. of Agriculture is just the cost of doing business.
A la carte lines, grab and go windows, and vending machines full of
junk food are all helping kids develop bad habits and terrible attitudes
about food.
It just seems reassuring to know that Seaman and Steel aren't like those people we all know, who constantly remind friends (and strangers) that their children only eat organic and talk
about their household ban on fast /
junk food as if some insidious
junk food cartel were trying to force it down their chimney at night as they sleep.
School has now started all over the country and so it's perhaps no surprise that my inbox has suddenly started filling up with emails like this one from TLT readers concerned
about school
junk food fundraising:
I also do what I can to stem the tide of
junk food my kids are exposed to each day, not making any
food taboo (and therefore even more desirable) but just trying to impose reasonable limits while teaching lessons
about balance and health.
I've written a lot on this blog (and, really, I mean, a LOT — see the «Related Posts» below)
about classroom birthday treats, soccer snacks and the many other ways in which kids are offered
junk food by people other than their parents on a regular... [Continue reading]
Gracie and I clearly support the same goals — improved school
food and the elimination of
junk food on campuses — and if the boycott she proposes brings
about change, that's a result we'd all welcome.
In 2010 I told you
about a new $ 25 million ad campaign, sponsored by carrot growers, to attract kids to baby carrots through the use of
junk food - style packaging and marketing.
A few weeks ago I told you
about the newly released, proposed USDA rules which would use district wellness policies as a vehicle to curb
junk food and beverage marketing on school campuses.