September 2010 Archives

Bravo to Florida for taking on the dairy industry and doing what's best for our kids.  I would love to see chocolate milk OFF of the HISD lunch line.

Read here about what's happening in Florida now.

We already know that it cost Americans more than $147 billion in 2008 for obesity related health care, but how about other expenses?  From added sick days to more gasoline consumption, researchers recently put a number to it: $4879 for women and $2646 for men each year. 

For all the details, read the AP report here. 

This is what we have been saying at Recipe for Success since our beginnings in 2005.  Introducing children to their food from seed-to-plate can change the way they eat for life.  Read here about details of a recent study in California that once again proves the point.

And come out to see what we are accomplishing with Houston's elementary students usng our Seed-to-Plate Nutrition Education™ program.

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What a five-year-old drinks can affect weight for years: Study A new study shows a close link between sugary drinks and young girls' weight gain

By Jennifer Sygo, National Post

Extracted from the full story:

Regardless of the mechanism, the evidence is convincing enough that limiting your kids' intake of pop and sugary drinks is a sensible thing to do. But as this study revealed, it's just as important to develop sensible eating habits at a very young age, as we now know that the results can stick with them for an awfully long time. The bottom line: If kids learn to drink pop when they're young, they will grow accustomed to it, and the habit will be hard to break.

While the fact that even a five-year-old's drinking habits can impact their weight up to a decade later is concerning, Fiorito wishes they had started tracking their subjects even earlier. "If parents want to limit the choices their kids are making, they should start by age two," she said. "We started when the children were five, but the choice of beverages probably started even earlier."

The better bet is to keep pop off the table entirely for young kids, and then treat it as exactly that -- a treat -- for older ones, if it is going to be consumed at all. Keeping it out of the house will reduce the temptation for everyone, adults included, and will naturally steer your kids towards better drink choices -- milk, 100% fruit juice and water included.

Read the whole story here.