It is a very exciting day for our team at nourishinteractive.com.  We were notified by the Parents Choice

Nourish Interactive Award

Organization that our website has received an award .  We really take this award with great pride and appreciation.  We are a team of health care providers and we have a vision of being instrumental in the creation of a new health-minded generation.

When I first had this idea, it was because my sister’s daughter was officially deemed obese by her pediatrician.  Distraught, my sister called me,  looking for some easy, quick nurtion tips that she could use and for some fun way for her daughter to learn the importance of healthy meals, a balanced diet.  We couldn’t find a site that had the information in small, succinct, easy to understand format for parents, and more importantly, we needed kid friendly material.  And that is how nourishinteractive.com was born.

We believe strongly in small changes add up to a healthier child.  We also believe that nutrition has gotten a bad rap and its been a battle to fight “fun” with “fun” against the junk food marketers and their big budgets.

But you have been passing our site along, teacher to teacher, parent to parent; and it is through this grassroots efforts that we have grown to over 160,000 hits a month and continuing to grow.

Please know that we are always looking to improve the web site and add more information.  We have an exciting healthy recipes substitution feature about to launch!

So don’t hesitate to share your ideas and your requests.

Read the full press release

Nourish Interactive’s official award page.

About Parents Choice Nonprofit Organization

The Foundation’s purpose is to search out and recommend products that help kids grow – imaginatvely, physically, morally and mentally—fairly priced products that are fun, safe and socially sound.  Parents’ Choice approaches its mission with a deep passion and a remarkable clarity of purpose. Our experts and advisors, join us in the hard work and determination required to navigate the vast array of children’s media and toys available in today’s marketplace. With the generosity of time and spirit, parents, grandparents, librarians, educators, writers, artists, musicians, performing artists, and yes, children from across the country participate in the process.i

We participated in the Visa Health and Wellness Fair yesterday. I had a lot of fun talking with employees, who are also parents, about our tools and tips to help them bring nutrition to the home.

I was touched by many moms and even some dads! – who shared with me their stories about their children who are overweight. They did not want to make their kids feel embarrassed by pointing out their weight issue and weren’t sure what they could do to help. I also met moms who had kids that were of normal weight but refused to eat vegetables or drink milk. Bottom line, were not eating a balanced meal from all the food groups so they were missing some important nutrients.

I think the key messages that I heard myself say over and over again:

• Don’t try to change all your child’s habit in one fail swoop. Focus on one healthy change at a time
• Set goals and work with your child to keep track. Put a tracking sheet on the fridge or the family bulletin board
• Don’t single out your child. The family should work together to have healthy eating habits
• Keep it simple. And most importantly, keep it fun. If you start to nag and get mad, the child will associate nutrition with negative experiences. We want to create the opposite effect.
• Be patient. Habits take some time to break and new habits take some time to make.
• Celebrate little successes
• But all changes will add up to a healthier child!

I know it is a repeated message but when I talk with parents and hear their stories, I feel the importance of this message and I am reminded why I have started this website.

Resources for parents:

Kid friendly goals and tracking sheets

Parent Healthy Tips

Nutrition Topics

Nutrition Tools

Kids’ nutrition learning games