Brown Bag Makeover: Healthy School Lunch Ideas
Kick-Start the New School Year With Healthier Lunches
New pens and pencils. New clothes. Even new backpacks. So why go back to school with the same old lunch?
The more we understand how diet and lifestyle choices affect our risk for diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart disease and certain types of cancers, the more important it is to teach kids basic healthy eating habits while they're young. This way, kids learn to make healthier choices on their own, so they keep up those healthy habits for life.
Help your kids make the right call when it comes to nutrition and send them to school with lunches that you'll both be smiling about!
Nicole Ferring Holovach is a Washington, D.C.-based writer and health and wellness educator. She blogs about holistic health at WholeHealthRD.com.
Reviewed by Elaine Brown, MD on August 30, 2013
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