If there’s any mom out there who enjoys making lunches, I’d like to meet her. And then I won’t believe her. Here’s how lunch making goes down in most houses: Bleary eyed after a long day of work or household chores, we parents head to the kitchen
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March is National Nutrition Month–what better time to make a commitment to healthy living? Following are four tips for creating a healthier home that we think are attainable for any family. The idea is to adopt one tip per week, or adapt the ideas to what works
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One of the reasons I have always been so passionate about nutrition is that it is tied to everything in life. Even things that may seem to have nothing to do with food and nutrition, like rising rates ADHD, is in one way or another linked to
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Rare is the family that doesn’t have a child who goes through a phase of picky eating (or never grows out of one!). Speaking in Northbrook in October to a group of moms of young children with the Mighty Mom Spot, there was not one mom who
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Despite the well-known obesity epidemic in our country, approximately 5 percent of children struggle with the opposite issue and are underweight. Because body fat is critical to healthy growth and brain development, we work with underweight children from infants to young adults to achieve the healthy growth
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As a dietitian who spends considerable time thinking about children’s’ health, there is no doubt in my mind that key to a lifetime of healthy living is combating childhood obesity. Depressing results from a recent study on contestants in the popular television show, The Biggest Loser, reinforce
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Central to our mission as nutrition providers at Feed to Succeed is an understanding that all children deserve the opportunity to receive nutrition support, regardless of their family’s ability to pay. That’s why we are proud to hold monthly clinics for clients with Illinois All Kids insurance.
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Bacon, usually in the news for its popularity among foodies, recently received a major thumbs down from the World Health Organization. An international panel of experts convened by the WHO concluded in late October that eating processed meat like hot dogs, ham and bacon raises the risk
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We are very excited to be “cooking up” our first Feed to Succeed cookbook this summer, developing a gluten free cookbook for kids that will be published online in late summer or early fall. Thanks to our intern, Lynette Becker, our meal plans are becoming an actual
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Our approach is fresh, nutritious and not cliché, just like our logo. So What’s in a Name? For this fruit and Feed To Succeed, quite a lot! From disease prevention to an abundance of vitamins and minerals, the kiwi fruit provides a wide array of nutrition benefits.
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