ENDORSEMENTS

“Since 2005, the Clinton Global Initiative has brought together thousands of business leaders, directors of nonprofits, and heads of state to make a measurable impact on pressing global challenges. The Feeding Your Kids program tackles childhood and teenage obesity by providing concrete ways to help families eat healthier and serves as a tremendous example of how our members are improving lives around the world."
- President Bill Clinton

RESULTS

Here are some of our favorite comments from people who took the program, and the survey responses from this year.

BREAKFAST

LUNCHBOXES

SNACKS

EATING OUT

AROUND THE WORLD

The program has been used on in 50 countries this year!

HOW TO SHOP

WHAT TO SHOP

HOW TO COOK

TOOLS

Traveling Snacks

I often travel with my children on airplanes to visit our family, and this helped to boil down the snacks to the easiest on the body. My older child gets nauseated when we land nine time zones away early in the morning for our biological clock, so we experimented with what to eat before and during the flight. The winners are:

Plain or seeded bread sticks
Apple / banana / blueberry / grapes
A small piece of chocolate
Almonds / walnuts / cashews
Pretzels with a glass of milk

When snacking takes place outside your home it is harder to control what your children eat, just like when eating out. So it is of bigger importance to bring along your own. Lisa Barnes in Petit Appetit explains that you can name your healthy homemade snack pizza, nuggets, or fries. These words have good connotations for children, so if you cut something in a strip and call it "fry" your child is more likely to try it.