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I’m excited to have another guest post by our friends at Zisboombah !!!! Most people outgrow picky eating behavior. But some don’t. If you are one of those adults who still harbor aversions to many foods and feel most comfortable with eating only a limited variety of foods, you might be interested in strategies for not passing on your own issues to your children. To be clear, we are not talking about eating disorders here, but merely about parents’ food-related quirks that might get i

Here’s another fantastic guest post for you to enjoy! Eating a wide variety of tasty foods is something that people of all ages are happy to do. Children, though, without some prodding will sometimes get stuck in a food rut and want the same things over and over. Keep your kids happy, fit, healthy, and strong by presenting lots of variety in their meals. Young kids usually love to help out in the kitchen, and it is a great way to get them to try some new foods also. If they help to cook it

We are big fans of ZisBoomBah and we were thrilled when they connect with us recently!  If you have kids and haven’t been to their amazing website yet…you’re going to want to head over there!  Before you go enjoy their guest blog post on raising healthy eaters with making them judgmental…it’s a great read!  …or how NOT to create a monster. At a friend’s house the other day, my 5 year old pointed over to the family’s breakfast table, her eyebrows raised hi

I was thrilled to connect with Dr. Barry Sears via twitter and was even happier when he offered a guest blog post for our blog!!!  Enjoy… It is well known that portions sizes in the United States have increased tremendously throughout the years, but what about increasing portion sizes as a way to promote increased fruit and vegetable intake among children? It may just a work. A recent study published in the March edition of Obesity examined just that (1). The study took 43 boys and girls

A warm welcome to our newest guest blogger Joy Oday Hawk, the owner of Not Just Kale as site that helps parents feed their children in healthy and delicious ways!  Enjoy!!! I can’t tell you how many people ask me what to do with kids that are picky eaters, or how to introduce solids to ensure a child won’t be picky later. It is a complex question that doesn’t have a simple answer. I can pretty much assure you that your child WILL be picky at some point, but that doesn’t mean you have