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Bigger appetites, busy lifestyles, mood swings, struggles for independence, peer pressure - they all challenge how and what your teenager eats. As a parent, there are ways you can positively influence the eating habits of your teen.
- Parents Can Help Teens Make Healthy Food Choices This Summer By Strategically Stocking The Pantry
A steady diet of junk food can be especially harmful to teens, who tend to experience a growth spurt during these years, and these poor nutritional choices as teens can affect their health in years to come, reports Newswise, a research-reporting...
- Tips For Maintaining Your Weight This Holiday Season
The average American gains five to seven pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, but maintaining healthful eating habits can help them avoid packing on the weight, diabetes nutrition educator Sheri Setser-Legg, right, writes in the Lexington...
- Eating On The Go
by Emilie Hunt and Angie Eshleman, RD, LDN, Clinical Dietitian, Sinai Hospital It?s no secret that the business of life can get in the way of our healthy eating habits. This may especially hold true if our schedule is pulled in many different directions...
- How To Shop For Healthy Food - On A Budget
As part of the Know Your Health program, LifeBridge Health is pleased to offer regular healthy shopping tours. These tours, held in a variety of grocery stores, are led by community health educator Kristen Diaz, M.S. Kristen leads participants around...
- Eat More Fiber - Your Body Will Thank You
Fiber is often called ?your body?s broom.? Eating enough fiber helps bowels function properly, can alleviate symptoms of chronic constipation and diverticular disease and may lower your risk for heart disease and some cancers. Here are some quick and...
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Feeding Your Teen Machine
Bigger appetites, busy lifestyles, mood swings, struggles for independence, peer pressure - they all challenge how and what your teenager eats. As a parent, there are ways you can positively influence the eating habits of your teen.
- Stock your kitchen with easy-to-grab nutritious snacks, such as whole fruit, yogurt, hummus, cut vegetables and string cheese.
- Make time for family meals. Even if you have to schedule around after-school activities and jobs, put family meals on the calendar days in advance.
- Discuss the options at fast-food restaurants with your teen.
- Help kids learn about healthy portion sizes by buying small bags of snacks.
- Set a good example by leading a healthy lifestyle yourself, complete with regular physical activity and healthful eating.
- Parents Can Help Teens Make Healthy Food Choices This Summer By Strategically Stocking The Pantry
A steady diet of junk food can be especially harmful to teens, who tend to experience a growth spurt during these years, and these poor nutritional choices as teens can affect their health in years to come, reports Newswise, a research-reporting...
- Tips For Maintaining Your Weight This Holiday Season
The average American gains five to seven pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, but maintaining healthful eating habits can help them avoid packing on the weight, diabetes nutrition educator Sheri Setser-Legg, right, writes in the Lexington...
- Eating On The Go
by Emilie Hunt and Angie Eshleman, RD, LDN, Clinical Dietitian, Sinai Hospital It?s no secret that the business of life can get in the way of our healthy eating habits. This may especially hold true if our schedule is pulled in many different directions...
- How To Shop For Healthy Food - On A Budget
As part of the Know Your Health program, LifeBridge Health is pleased to offer regular healthy shopping tours. These tours, held in a variety of grocery stores, are led by community health educator Kristen Diaz, M.S. Kristen leads participants around...
- Eat More Fiber - Your Body Will Thank You
Fiber is often called ?your body?s broom.? Eating enough fiber helps bowels function properly, can alleviate symptoms of chronic constipation and diverticular disease and may lower your risk for heart disease and some cancers. Here are some quick and...