Family Nutrition Blog
Our blog ‘Nourishing Thoughts’ keeps families informed on current nutrition news, fun kid-friendly nutrition tips to encourage healthy food, nutrition, and exercise choices, nutrition articles, and interactive tools for parents. Our healthy nutrition blog is for parents, teachers, and everyone who is interested in kids' health and nutrition.
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About Maggie
I am a nurse and a mother of two. I am also the founder of Nourish Interactive. I am very concerned about the health and well beingof our children. I started the Nourishing Thoughts Blog so that I could help parents keep up on the latest trends in children’s nutrition and exercise.
I know that much like reading and writing is the foundation for learning, nutrition is the foundation for healthy children. But with so many new studies, products and trends constantly being reported it is hard to keep up. I just want to make it a little easier for parents by doing some of the legwork and providing you with up to date information.
Lots of talk about how to pack a healthy lunch for your child. Well, there are few basics that make the lunch healthy:
make sure the lunch has at least 3 different food groups, that's minimum, shoot for all five on most days
look for low fat dippin...
Mondays are a great day to renew Family Health vows. Every Monday, you will find some healthy tip to help your family start the week off on a Healthy Note!Your child can take it with them to school. Fruit, that is. Don't let them leave home without it!...
I just read a little fact that 90% of girls and 75% of boys between 9 and 13 years old do not get the recommended amount of calcium, according to the National osteoporosis Foundation.Calcium is so important for growing bones and for preventing osteopor...
Back to school time represents a great time to get organized in setting some good healthy family goals.Here are a few tips:
sit down together with your child and discuss why the family is making nutrition and/or activity changes
let them, in fact, e...
It is back to school time. The summer sure passed by fast!This may not be new news but certainly worth reminding. I know already blogged about this but here is a new statistic released by the American Dietitic Association40% of girl and 32% of boys w...
I took my 4 year old to the San Mateo County fair last week. We had a lot of fun looking at all the different animals (yeah, we are cityfolks) and learning their different names. We even watched a pig race where she was selected to be one of the chee...
Mondays are a great day to renew Family Health vows. Every Monday, you will find some healthy tip to help your family start the week off on a Healthy Note!Looking for some great snacks to put in your child's lunchbox. How about a handful of nuts. Nuts ...
Eating Mexican tonight!Whole beans... did I say whole beans. This is one of the healthiest sides you can eat. Packed with flavor, packed with fiber and packed with protein! It's the other stuff that goes into the burrito that you have to be careful ...
Taking the kids to watch the local professional team is always a fun and memorable day. But what should you buy your child to eat that is healthier?Hot dog or pretzel? well, a hot dog with bun has about 280 calories including the mustard. It is high...
Mondays are a great day to renew Family Health vows. Every Monday, you will find some healthy tip to help your family start the week off on a Healthy Note!Start your week off right, by learning exactly how much food each of your child actually needs. ...
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