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Happy 1st Birthday to School Bites! Plus, A Recipe for Mini Carrot Cupcakes...
It was exactly one year ago today that I wrote and published my very first post for School Bites. At the time, I was taking a digital journalism class that required starting a blog. While some of my...
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What to Do If Your School Wellness Policy Isn’t Being Enforced: A Guide for...
Fed up with all the junk food at your kid’s school? Yeah, me, too. Every time I pick up my kids from school only to discover that they’ve been chowing down on brownies or chocolate-covered Oreos or...
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Michelle Obama, Can You Hear Us?!? We Need Help Getting Junk Food Out of Our...
I always planned on having healthy kids. I breastfed. I made homemade baby food. As my children got older, I tried hard to serve fruits and veggies at every meal and limit processed snacks. It wasn’t...
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Is Michelle Obama Really to Blame for Bad School Lunches?
There’s a not-so-silent war being waged against Michelle Obama in response to new nutrition standards for school lunch programs. On social media, kids have been broadcasting pictures of small,...
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Why We Should NEVER Give Up on Teaching Kids to Love Healthy Food
I’ve been pretty open and honest about my feeding struggles with my older son (now age 8). Over the years, his will-not-eat list has been longer than any Disneyland line that I’ve ever seen. Oh, how...
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Why School Lunch Matters (Even If You Pack One for Your Kid!)
It’s hard to believe, but my kids will be back in school in just a few short weeks. And I know others are returning to their classrooms even sooner. As we head into a new school year, it seems an...
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Take the Healthy School Fundraiser Challenge!
Like many others, my kids’ elementary school has a history of peddling junk food for profit. From bake sales to movie nights to major fundraisers, cookies, candy and other unhealthy stuff has been...
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Before Taking On Junk Food at Your Kid’s School, READ THIS
Fed up with all the junk food being fed to your child at school? Wondering why your efforts to teach healthy eating habits are being undermined? A few years ago, I was where you are now. Unable to just...
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Frustrated by Junk Food at Your Child’s School? How I Fought Back–and Won
Three years ago, I was a mom fed up with all the junk food that my kids were getting at school. From cupcake and ice cream parties to Froot Loop necklaces and McDonald’s field trips, it felt like they...
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Do One Thing to Change the Food at Your School: Mission Nutrition
Last year, I wrote a post calling on all moms (and dads, teachers, school administrators and community members) to DO ONE THING to help improve the food at their school. From planning healthy school...
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