Category Archives: Children

Struggling to Get Your Kids to Eat Fruits and Vegetables?

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Take a child to a garden full of colorful vegetables or an orchard filled with sweet smelling fruit, and I bet your little ones will want to take a few bites…and then a few more. Our recent family trip to the local pick-your-own peach farm confirmed my belief that exposing my daughter to how our food grows is good for her health.  All her senses were engaged: the smell of ripe peaches, the site of beautiful green trees dotted with yellow-orange peaches,
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Fuel Your Day & Help Protect Your Kids from Obesity

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Whether you sit down at the kitchen table and eat a bowl of cereal with fruit or grab something quick as you run out the door, starting your morning off with breakfast is an important part of being healthy. Even if you’ve never put the two together, your presence (or absence) in the morning may play a role in your own child’s breakfast habits. A recent study from Oklahoma State University took a closer look at the relationship between “parental presence”
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A Woman’s Healthy Choices Affect More Than Herself

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And that's a wonderful thing!  Think of those around you when you need some extra motivation to eat nutritiously and be physically active.  As friends, daughters, wives, and mothers, our healthy behaviors can positively influence those around us.   As friends... After graduating from college, I worked long hours at a consulting firm and often didn't know what time I'd leave at the end of each day.  The only time I really had to exercise was five o'clock in the morning.  Every day
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