Dr. Kantor recently spoke with MedHelp about healthy
kids lunch choices and gave suggestions for what parents can pack in their children's lunchboxes as they head back to school.
Not exact matches
In a few more years I'm hoping I can get them to start helping to make their own
lunches, and when that time comes I'm thinking I'll reprint all the
lunch choices in a bigger font and tell the
kids they can pick whatever they want as long as they get one item from each group.
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Winner, by
kid's
choice: the MOMables
lunch!
For us, the only change this year is no more school
lunches — i had hoped it would introduce Josh to a good variety of foods but they give the
kids far too much
choice for their ages and he wasn't making good
choices.
We don't do a la carte
lunch because that just stigmatizes the poorer students who can't afford the a la carte selections; instead we offer many
choices to our middle and high school
kids, all full meals and all available to anyone.
We would never, for example, forbid parents from sending in a home - packed
lunch, we typically offer
kids a
choice of two entrees, and many schools offer non-pork options to accommodate religious dietary restrictions.
This is my number one
choice for
kids lunch boxes.»
Use school
lunches as a chance to steer your
kids toward good
choices.
I'm not complaining — my waistline is shrinking and that's a good thing for me — but I'm pained every day watching my hungry
kids stay hungry after eating
lunch and nearly every day I have to comfort sad children who don't understand why they can't eat what they want when they are presented with a long line of
choices.
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For this beginner's guide to packing
lunches, there's still a lot of responsibility for parents BUT the
kids are starting to get some skin in the game, which means they're not only more likely to actually eat their food but they're also learning how to make good food
choices.
My
kids feel a lot more energized during the day if we minimize sugar and give them healthy
lunch choices.
Removing ALC really helped eliminate the overt identification of the «free
lunch kids» because everyone could make a
choice from all the items offered.
Faced with a
choice of paying $ 1 more per week for a family with 2
kids, no doubt some decided it would be cheaper just to send
lunch from home.
if school administrators weren't too busy to plan and would approve parent volunteer
lunch monitors then parents could fill some of the
lunch room void by left by over-extended cafeteria staff and teachers, explaining to
kids what
lunch options were and encouraging the healthier
choices as well as providing more prompts in the cafeteria as students have their tray.
The
kids should make better
choices (and have a better provided cafeteria
lunch) but most of the time it's the parents who are basically deciding the quality of their food.
Although tuition will increase over $ 1000 per student to cover the
lunch cost, at least the caterer was selected because of its philosophy of providing healthy
choices for
kids.
You might not think that a salad would be a first
choice for a
kids lunch.
I popped into my
kids»
lunch room last week when they were serving a
choice of two entrees: cheese pizza, or a chef salad with cheese, turkey, and what I believe was turkey ham (the salad didn't have the otherwise required «contains pork» symbol on... [Continue reading]
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My
kids have the
choice of school
lunches or packing them themselves.
September marks the start of school for many
kids, which inevitably means children need new school supplies, easy
lunch choices, and new fall outfits.
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Lunch Box's mission is to inspire parents and
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I finally resolved that packing my own
kids lunches, modeling healthy
choices and lifestyle, and trying to influence those
kids forced to eat school
lunch by sending enough in my
kids»
lunch boxes that they can share when asked is all I can do.
Remember last Friday when I posted that neat, interactive graphic showing how various techniques used by Cornell behavioral psychologists trick
kids into making better
lunch choices?
How is selling Snickers and Chick - Fil - A to
kids at
lunch congruous with offering healthy food
choices?
The
kids tell me the food sucks now lol but they do nt see the bigger picture either... while it was a different era for us when us parents were in school; the fundamental rights shouldve remained the same... which is give the kids their choices... the Federal Gov can INCLUDE nutritious items on the free lunch menus while including more choices for them instead of reducing them to avoid social stigmas within the student body of the schools... Kids can be so cruel... Ive lived that first hand... I'm wondering who to contact to protest these chan
kids tell me the food sucks now lol but they do nt see the bigger picture either... while it was a different era for us when us parents were in school; the fundamental rights shouldve remained the same... which is give the
kids their choices... the Federal Gov can INCLUDE nutritious items on the free lunch menus while including more choices for them instead of reducing them to avoid social stigmas within the student body of the schools... Kids can be so cruel... Ive lived that first hand... I'm wondering who to contact to protest these chan
kids their
choices... the Federal Gov can INCLUDE nutritious items on the free
lunch menus while including more
choices for them instead of reducing them to avoid social stigmas within the student body of the schools...
Kids can be so cruel... Ive lived that first hand... I'm wondering who to contact to protest these chan
Kids can be so cruel... Ive lived that first hand... I'm wondering who to contact to protest these changes.
The petition wasn't over junk foods, it was related to consumers wanting to know what was in the food served at school
lunches and giving us a
choice to have our
kids eat it or not.
My
choice is to pack a
lunch for my
kids 80 % of the time.
Kids don't stand in the
lunch line thinking about the long - term repercussions of their food
choices (health, planet, animals, etc.).
With your own fresh ingredients, make
lunches that look like what the other
kids are eating, but with your
choice of mom - approved foods.
Less cold cuts on the menu, and the 2 main food
choices clearly labeled so that the
kids will know in advance which
choice to take, rather than getting in front of the
lunch lady and just saying «just put anything on.»
NEVER JUST A HOUSEWIFE «Bento
lunches are gaining lots of popularity and it's easy to see why: they focus on healthier food
choices, use reusable containers, incorporate eye - catching designs that appeal to
kids, and they make portion control super-simple!
Most
kids have the
choice of packing
lunch or buying one at school.
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Kids can pick two items from the
choices customize the
lunch to their liking.
You hope your
kids make healthy
choices when eating
lunch at school.
«More time for school
lunches equals healthier
choices for
kids: Children are more likely to eat fruits and vegetables when given at least 25 minutes for
lunch, according to a new study the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.»
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I wouldn't touch beets as a
kid but then had no
choice but to try them when I was at a former boss's house for
lunch one day.
62 Students prep mentally, physically for fitness contest; some question mass - producing school
lunches; push for more healthful eating takes toll on bake sales; program teaches
kids I - CAN make better food
choices.
Now he is urging schools to help steer
kids away from fast food, through more healthful
lunch choices.
Angela Jones said: «My
kids prefer packed
lunches as the primary school dinners have a lack of
choice for vegetarians and I don't want them having a pudding every lunchtime.»
These last two were key factors for the
kids who attended the pilot, 86 % of which qualify for free or reduced - price
lunch, since transportation access and food security are economic barriers to school
choice for families who have lower household incomes.