Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Helping Kids Appreciate A Healthy Meal - by Christine Steendahl

Helping Kids Appreciate A Healthy Meal - by Christine Steendahl: "Many may remember when classroom bulletin boards displayed the food pyramid. The pyramid – there was only one. One size fit all. Everyone was encouraged to follow the same nutritional guidelines. Everyone was needed to merely look at the pyramid to figure out how many servings were needed each day.

Most would agree that it is a good thing that obsolete food pyramid has gone by the wayside! It may have taken a while, but the notion that not all people need the same food intake finally caught on. Nor are children expected to follow the same nutritional guidelines as the adults.
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