The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a report on sugar consumption rates of teens and children and it has a few surprising findings. Looking at data compiled between 2005 and 2008, the study found that American children, on average, obtain 16% of their daily calories from sugar, which exceeds the recommendation of [...]
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You can’t blog about kids and food and not address the looming question that comes around every year at this time: what to do about all that candy? Last year was my first Halloween blogging here on The Lunch Tray and I tackled that knotty question in two parts. First, I justified (shakily) my own [...]
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[Ed Note: While I take the week off, I'm sharing what I hope are interesting posts from the archives that you may have missed the first time around. This one, about using herbal teas as a substitute for less healthful lunch box drinks (originally published on May 10, 2011), was very well received by TLT [...]
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You never know how readers will react to a particular blog post. Last week, when I shared my recent epiphany about packing iced herbal teas in my kids’ lunches as a healthy facsimile of the sugary, colored drinks many of their peers get, I was pretty sure most people would find the idea really obvious [...]
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As reported by Good.is, a new study published in Pyschological Science has found that young kids who were bribed with a physical reward (in this case, a sticker) were more likely eat vegetables they didn’t like, even three months after the study, than kids who’d been lavishly praised for eating hated vegetables or those who’d been [...]
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So, this is one of those posts where you’ll either thank me for a great idea, or shake your head and say, “Well, DUH.” The problem was this: my kids were growing dissatisfied with getting water in their lunch every day when so many of their friends were bringing sugary and/or artificially colored and flavored [...]
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I noticed on Facebook two cute posts from FB friends about the Mother’s Day meals put together by their kids. My friend Leah was served this adorable “breakfast” in bed: “cereal, a mint, two peanut butter cups and a lollipop but best of all, fresh coffee.” And Waverly of Peace and Love in the Kitchen [...]
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It seems like most families have some sort of rule about the consumption of candy, such as allowing the eating of sweets only once a week, or no more than a certain amount per day, or maybe taking an Ellyn Satter approach and giving kids free reign so long as candy-eating doesn’t interfere with meals. [...]
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Not long after I started The Lunch Tray I told you about Dina Rose, the blogger behind It’s Not About Nutrition. Dina’s a mom with a PhD in sociology from Duke University who teaches workshops and provides private counseling on kid and food issues, especially picky eating. Dina’s latest post may raise some eyebrows. In it, she [...]
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So, what are your thoughts about the deluge of sugary treats your kids are getting at school today? A harmless and fun indulgence? An outmoded tradition that runs counter to all the nutritional principles you hold dear? Whatever you think of Valentine’s sweets at school, prepare yourself for the sugar crash around 5pm. . . [...]
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