Tag: health-childrens-health
Photo of the Day: Revolutionary Gift
A gift from dear foodie blogger friend Mardi of eattravelwrite. If you haven’t signed Jamie Oliver’s petition to revolutionize school food, you can do so here.
Got (Drugstore Cow) Milk?
Got milk? While there is debate out there (i.e. T. Colin Campbell’s The China Study – good read if you haven’t yet) about cow’s milk and its benefits and dangers, a lot of us drink milk or at least give it to our children. But do you know where your milk comes from? If you [...]
Jumpified Me
We are blessed with two beautiful kids. We both work full time and like all parents try our best to be as involved with our kids’ educational development and values. Growing up no one taught at school about healthy eating and having a well balanced perspective on my body. Well, culturally, Tibetans prefer if you [...]
In the Land of Plenty
Spring is a marvelous time to live in Southern California. While the rest of the country is still pulling itself out of winter we’re enjoying the first harvests of the year – avocados, strawberries, squash, melons. We are so spoiled with fresh, local food here and I think it probably gives us a warped sense [...]
Demons, Food and Allergies
When I was preggers with my first child, I cast my inner eye upon my heart and talked to God about all my hopes and worries. I prayed for a healthy child who would embrace life with a curious mind and a loving heart. But, I did not realize that I should also pray for [...]
Guest/Mrs. Q: School Lunches and Why They Matter
A big THANK YOU to our guest contributor, Mrs. Q, not only for her insightful post, but for taking on a challenge few of us are brave enough to do and raising awareness of this all too urgent crisis. Follow Mrs. Q on her eye-opening blog. My name is Mrs. Q and I’m an educator in [...]
Alert: Child Nutrition Month!
Can you be obese AND hungry? According to Joel Berg, executive director of the New York Coalition Against Hunger, “Hunger and obesity are often flip sides to the same malnutrition coin…Hunger is certainly almost an exclusive symptom of poverty. And extra obesity is one of the symptoms of poverty.” According to nationwide statistics, 18.5% of [...]
Play is the Thing: 4YG to a Tastier World
I don’t about you, but I need something to cool down from ZomppaPatty’s pretzels…so I’m going to bring the heat down a few notches and talk about an afternoon I spent with runny-nosed, knee-scraped kids. It’s no surprise anymore to hear about the horrific statistics on childhood obesity (i.e. obesity rates have tripled, $150 billion [...]
Morning Madness: Raspberry & Granola Parfait
At 3am in the morning, I heard a incredibly loud ‘bang,’ followed by a thunderous symphony of running feet and then a ‘Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy. There are dragons. In my room. Can I get in the bed? Help me. Help me in the bed, peas?” I wouldn’t mind so much that my 3 year [...]
Happy Meal
When I was little, I LOVED McDonald’s Happy Meals – the boxes with the yellow ‘M’ handle and the little plastic-wrapped plastic decoder or plastic figurine of something or other. Source: The Motherload Yes, I went to McDonald’s three times when I was in India because I’ll admit, the McAloo and fries were really, really [...]
