http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/08/19/healthy-eatingstudy-finds-kids-are-trying-to-eat-well/ Advice and suggestions for taking care of you and your family Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:18:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/08/19/healthy-eatingstudy-finds-kids-are-trying-to-eat-well/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 Kids Menu Upgrades « The Confessions of a Food Man Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:07:41 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=1019#comment-1568 [...] Carolyn O’Neil wrote about the new dining-out data in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She interviewed registered dietitian and blogger Janice Bissex, co-author of The Moms Guide to Meal Makeovers.  ”If eating out is a frequent occurrence, some ground rules should be set,” she said.  She recommends limiting soft drink consumption and encouraging water, lowfat milk or juice as healthier beverage options.  But what concerns Bissex most is not offered on kids’ menus.  ”I’d like to see more whole-wheat bread for sandwiches, cut up fruit and baby carrots.  And instead of pasta in butter, I’d prefer to see pasta and marinara sauce with broccoli.” [...] [...] Carolyn O’Neil wrote about the new dining-out data in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She interviewed registered dietitian and blogger Janice Bissex, co-author of The Moms Guide to Meal Makeovers.  ”If eating out is a frequent occurrence, some ground rules should be set,” she said.  She recommends limiting soft drink consumption and encouraging water, lowfat milk or juice as healthier beverage options.  But what concerns Bissex most is not offered on kids’ menus.  ”I’d like to see more whole-wheat bread for sandwiches, cut up fruit and baby carrots.  And instead of pasta in butter, I’d prefer to see pasta and marinara sauce with broccoli.” [...]

]]> http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/2009/08/19/healthy-eatingstudy-finds-kids-are-trying-to-eat-well/comment-page-1/#comment-1415 Nutrition Unplugged | Kids’ Menus Need an Upgrade Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:23:10 +0000 http://blogs.ajc.com/better-health/?p=1019#comment-1415 [...] Carolyn O’Neil reports on the new dining out data in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She interviewed registered dietitian and blogger Janice Bissex, co-author of The Moms Guide to Meal Makeovers.  ”If eating out is a frequent occurrence, some ground rules should be set,” she said.  She recommends limiting soft drink consumption and encouraging water, lowfat milk or juice as healthier beverage options.  But what concerns Bissex most is not offered on kids’ menus.  ”I’d like to see more whole-wheat bread for sandwiches, cut up fruit and baby carrots.  And instead of pasta in butter, I’d prefer to see pasta and marinara sauce with broccoli.” [...] [...] Carolyn O’Neil reports on the new dining out data in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She interviewed registered dietitian and blogger Janice Bissex, co-author of The Moms Guide to Meal Makeovers.  ”If eating out is a frequent occurrence, some ground rules should be set,” she said.  She recommends limiting soft drink consumption and encouraging water, lowfat milk or juice as healthier beverage options.  But what concerns Bissex most is not offered on kids’ menus.  ”I’d like to see more whole-wheat bread for sandwiches, cut up fruit and baby carrots.  And instead of pasta in butter, I’d prefer to see pasta and marinara sauce with broccoli.” [...]

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