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Families, Food and Fitness
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- How To Get a Preschooler to Eat Healthy Foods
- Do you have a preschooler who would prefer to eat junk food over healthy food? How do you change their behaviors and help them develop healthy eating habits...
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- A Rainbow of Vegetables and Fruits In Every Lunch
- The easiest way to add color to lunches is with fruits and vegetables.Author: Jamie Goffena, M.S., Food, Nutrition and Health Education, University of Nebraska...
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- Healthy Portions for Preschoolers
- Recommended daily amounts found in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPlate are the amounts of food from each group that preschoolers need to consume each...
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- Teaching Children to Listen to their Bodies
- Children are usually not shy about telling us when they are hungry or full. Sometimes, however, it would be helpful to see inside their small stomachs to know...
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- Cooking with Kids
- Cooking with children can be great fun! Not only does it teach them valuable life skills, but it gives them the opportunity to increase their vocabulary, work...
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- Make Family Time Active Time
- Remaining physically active while raising a family can be a difficult task. It is hard finding time to engage in activities when it seems as if the to-do list...
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- Quick and Healthy Recipes from Families, Food and Fitness
- Now available! "Quick & Healthy Recipes" is a user-friendly, attractive, and searchable database featuring recipes submitted by members of the "Families, Food...
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- Smart Start: Guiding Your Child to a Lifetime of Healthy Eating
- Dr. Sheryl Hughes shares her research on common feeding styles among parents of young children and reveals which is the most successful in helping children eat...
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In This Resource Area
- Enjoy More Fruits and Vegetables
- Move More Everyday
- Prepare and Eat More Meals at Home
- Rethink Your Drink
- Right Size Your Portions
Healthy Portions for Preschoolers NEW!!!
Quick and Healthy Recipes
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Approved Resources
- Let's Move! Website: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation of Kids
- Your Food Environment Atlas
- USDA My Plate
- USDA MyPlate Featuring New! SuperTracker
- Nutrition Decisions: Eat Smart, Move More
Interactive Tools
Tummy Talk NEW!!!
- Quick and Healthy Recipes from Families, Food and Fitness
- Interactive Beverage Guide to Sugars
- Interactive Fast Food Menu with Fitness
- Interactive Nutrition Facts Label
- Interactive Spice Guide
- Join a Families Food & Fitness Chat
- Cooking Terms Glossary
- Families Food & Fitness Supplemental Documents
Answers from our Experts
- January 25, 2012
- What is in black walnut that make its nuts so special?
- December 02, 2011
- My baby ate some tabacco and is now vomiting. What should I do?
Recent Learning Lessons
- September 09, 2011
- Families Food and Fitness Learning Lessons
- July 07, 2010
- Spice It Up
- May 12, 2010
- Better Meals with Better Planning
This resource area was created by the: Families, Food and Fitness community
In the News...
- February 15, 2013
- Women Must Do More to Reap Same Positive Health Outcomes as Men, MU Research Suggests
- February 12, 2013
- Like Mother, Like Child: New Research on Parents, Preschoolers, Obesity