Regular Family Meals Are A Body Blow To Childhood Obesity
According to the Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA), children who regularly eat meals with their families eat more fruit, vegetables, whole grains and calcium-rich foods, and drink fewer soft drinks than other children their age. DAA Spokesperson Lisa Renn said: ‘Family meals encourage slower eating, compared with grab-and-go meals…
February 6, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: australia, children, daa, diet, dietitians, eat-more, families, fewer-soft, meals-encourage, nutrition / diet, on call diets, other-children, regularly-eat, slower-eating, their-families
IBM Employee-Wellness Program Shows Some Success For Kids
Reuters: “In 2008, IBM launched an Internet-based ‘children’s rebate program’ that let employees and their families choose from a selection of goals revolving around healthy eating, group physical activity, reduced ‘screen time’ and positive parental role-modeling. A $150 check was offered as incentive to complete the 12-week program. …
October 5, 2010 · by admin · in Nutritional News · Tags: 150-check, around-healthy, families, goals-revolving, group-physical, internet-based, nutrition, nutritional counseling, offered-as-incentive, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, rebate-program, screen-time, their-families
