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My Plate-Food Pyramid

Nov 12, 2010

No toys in Happy Meals in San Francisco - new ban passes

San Francisco has banned toys associated with meals that are poor in nutrition.The city's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the ordinance, which they hope will force fast-food chains such as McDonald's to make their children's m...
Nov 10, 2010

World Series parade has junk food characters - no fruits and vegetables

It was one week ago today when I stood on Market Street with thousands and thousands of other San Francisco Giants fans and celebrated the World Series victory that was indescribable!  I was born and raised in San Francisco so this is an event that we ...
Nov 08, 2010

Food labels still the best way for finding healthy foods for the family

Reading food labels is still the best way to help you shop for healthier foods.  With the holidays season set to start, many of our events will center around food.  You no doubt will be asked to bring snacks for the kids holiday school events, team eve...
Nov 01, 2010

Healthy Monday - Teach kids to use smaller plates for better portion control

Eat less, savor more  this MondayTeach kids you don’t have to cut out the foods you love to eat!Just cut down on your portion size and eat it less often. Make less food look like more by serving your meal on a salad or breakfast plate.Thanks to Healthy...
Oct 27, 2010

Healthy eating and the ballpark - World Series can be a healthy event for kids

It's World Series Time and yes, I am from San Francisco.  So this is going to be a very exciting World Series for me and the Giant fans. The ballpark, really most sporting events, many kids and parents think of hot dogs, garlic fries, soda, cotton can...
Oct 20, 2010

New study indicates 40% of kids calories are empty

According to a new study published in this months Journal of the American Dietetic Association (October 201 issue): empty calories represent 40% of the average American child's diet more than 11% of calories came from sugary drinks (compare that to...
Oct 11, 2010

National School Lunch Week challenges kids to a fun food-personality quiz to promote healthy habits

This week is national School Lunch Week.This year's theme is "What's On Your Tray?".  A campaign to help kids learn about the foods that make them healthy.Kids can go to to the What's On Your Tray website and take a personality/food quiz that has a cle...
Sep 27, 2010

Healthy Monday - Plan your meals for a healthy family

Save time and money by planning your family meals at the start of the week! A set menu also helps you avoid fatty, fast food meals.Thanks to Healthy Monday organization for sharing their monday tips
Sep 17, 2010

Back to School means time for healthy lunch ideas

A University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study earlier this year showed that 30.6 million children consume school lunches, but only 6% of lunch programs meet nutrition requirements set by the School Meals Initiative for Healthy ChildrenSo chances...
Sep 13, 2010

Michelle Obama reaches out to restaurant industry to help fight childhood obesity

Michelle Obama is reaching out to the Restaurant Industry asking them to join the fight against childhood obesity.According to her stats, restaurants are responsible for 1/3 of our kids calories.  Yes 1/3. Research has shown that kids eat more satura...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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