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Healthy Snacks for Kids

Why Blended Fruit Snacks Aren't 'As Perfect As They Seem'

2012-07-03-slatelogo.jpg | Posted 03.28.2013 | Parents
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Written by Melinda Wenner Moyer for Slate My husband and I have a rule that we never, ever break when we leave the house with our 2-year-old: Brin...

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10 Ways to Get Your Kids Off Junk Food and Demanding Vegetables

Maia James | Posted 04.27.2013 | Parents
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Maia James

The snack aisle at the health food store is full of products loaded with sugar, salt and white flour -- really not health food at all!

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5 Healthy Snacks Your Kids Will Actually Eat

Women & Co | Posted 03.12.2013 | Parents
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Women & Co

When it comes to kids and the holidays, visions of sugarplums do dance in their heads. Far be it for us to kill their dreams, but why not offer some treats that are both delicious and healthy?

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Report: Healthy Snacks Offered In Small Minority Of U.S. High Schools Despite Lunch Overhaul

Posted 11.02.2012 | Home
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While the new nutritional guidelines imposed by the USDA this fall require a wider selection of fruits and vegetables in school meals, the same cannot...

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8 Summery Sweet Popsicles You Can Make at Home

The Stir | Posted 07.22.2012 | Home
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The Stir

Cool, fruity, sticky, and sweet, popsicles convey the innocence of childhood on one hand, and all of the sexiness of hot summer nights on the other, depending on whose hands are holding which varieties.

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Kids And Candy: None For Mine, Please

Noha Waibsnaider | Posted 02.27.2012 | Parents
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Noha Waibsnaider

When it comes to my son eating lollipops, I think about the politics of food in the United States and the science behind the ill-effects of refined sugar. But what really drives me to do something about it is my son's inevitable meltdown as he's coming down from the sugar high.

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