Archive for April, 2005

Diet experts share advice on how to help kids eat healthier

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

USATODAY.com offers succinct behavioral advice from 3 dietitians on how kids should eat. Sensible, clear, somewhat helpful. But not when kids should eat (not before bed, and always breakfast).

What they should eat depends on, so often, how much time there is, what event to get to next, and what is in the fridge or easy to grab. For easy to grab, healthful breakfasts, try part-skim milk mozzarella sticks instead of energy bars aka candy bars. Bottled water instead of pop or juice. Hard boiled eggs instead of pop-tarts. Check it out.

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Super Bowls: Serving Bowl Size and Food Consumption: What's Known is Proven Again

Friday, April 22nd, 2005

Bigger bowls make eating more acceptable, desirable, and inevitable. A JAMA study of 40 grad students who snacked before the

    U.S. Super Bowl

found that those who snacked from large bowls ate 56% more (142 calories each) than those offered the same snacks from small bowls. Portion Control: food, by the cup-full, for thought. Change your plates and bowls, change your portions.

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