Topics: Obesity Although recent reports show we are making progress in the fight against childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there are still 12.5 million ...
Topics: Physical Activity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages Balance out your holiday food indulgences by incorporating extra physical activity and healthy eating into your family’s routines. Here are si...
Topics: Physical Activity, Healthy Snacks & Beverages Motivating kids to consume nutritious foods and exercise regularly often requires creativity and persistence. Lately, celebrities have been le...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Only 11% of kids ages 12 to 18 consume the recommended 2-3 daily cups of vegetables, according to a 2009 Ohio State University study. Getting kids to try and en...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages If kids had to choose between a scoop of strawberry ice cream and a scoop of steam-cooked carrots, we know they’ll probably pick the ice cream and we’ll be left ...
Topics: Federal Policy How many times have you gone to the store, bought an individually-packaged food item or beverage, eaten it — and then only afterthe fact noticed that the serving size was ...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages HUGE thanks to the hundreds of educators and friends who stopped by the Bag the Junk booth at the National Education Association’s 2013 Expo in Atlanta, Georgia,...
Topics: Healthy Snacks & Beverages Last Friday, September 13, Bag the Junk project director Lisa Creighton was the guest host of MomsRising’s weekly #FoodFri Twitter chat. We were thrilled at the ...
Junk Food Brands: Stop targeting kids 14 and younger January 28, 2015 The recommendations, developed by a national panel of experts convened by Healthy Eating Research, provide model definitions for f...
Topics: Fundraisers/School Revenue For years, school fundraisers have centered around junk food – either asking students to sell candy to their family and neighbors, or by motivating students to...