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 Healthy
Eating for Kids
Did you know that currently less than 15 percent of kids in
the U.S. are eating the recommended five servings of fruits
and vegetables a day?
In fact, 75 percent of children consume a diet that exceeds
the maximum recommended dietary fat levels. Clearly kids
need to learn more about why eating fruits and vegetables is
an important part of their diets.
A Resource for Parents
Parents looking for ways to get their kids to eat more
fruits and vegetables can turn to
www.aboutproduce.com
- a Web site filled with free recipes, a fun kid’s area, and
valuable nutrition information for all members of the
family.
On aboutproduce.com - parents can search the recipe database
for a wide variety of fruit and vegetable dishes -- from
breakfast ideas to salads to main dishes to desserts to
snacks -- discover how long the meals take to prepare, and
add the ingredients to their printable shopping list. There
is also a free e-mail recipe club for visitors to sign up to
receive a weekly recipe.
In "The Produce Patch"
After parents have found a healthy meal for the family, the
kids can go to aboutproduce.com to have some fun. In the
kids' section, called "The Produce Patch," four characters
(Chirp, Paulina, Caleb, and Hoyt) help children become more
familiar with fruits and vegetables. Kids can:
* Learn how to make tasty, after-school snacks such as fruit
smoothies, shakes, or fruit cups
* Take an interactive adventure on a make-believe farm to
find certain fruits and vegetables
* Paint coloring book pages online or print the pages in
black and white for offline entertainment
* Discover different ways to use produce items in crafts
* Get answers to their produce questions
Kids can also use the Web site as a source of information
for homework, school reports, projects, and more. It's like
a produce encyclopedia!
Nutrition, News, and Trivia for the Family
In addition to the recipe database and the fun kid’s
content, another area of aboutproduce.com that the whole
family can use is the health and nutrition dictionary.
It can help family members learn about the “5 A Day”
program, which advocates eating five servings of fruits and
vegetables a day for better health. There are also tips on
how to get fit with “5 A Day.”
The dictionary explains how much a serving actually is. It's
smaller than you think. One serving can be: 1 medium-size
piece of fruit, 3/4 cup (6 oz.) of 100 percent fruit or
vegetable juice, 1/2 cup cooked or canned vegetables or
fruit, 1 cup of raw leafy vegetables, 1/2 cup cooked dry
peas or beans, or 1/4 cup dried fruit.
Armed with this knowledge, parents can show the kids that
eating “5 A Day” really isn't all that hard.
Courtesy of ARA Content
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