Healthy Snacking

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics gives the following suggestions for steering your children toward healthier snack options:

• Place fresh fruit out in the open where your kids can see and reach it.
• Store these foods in see-through containers.
• Ask your child to create a list of his or her favorite healthy foods. Then fill the list at the grocery store.
• Stock the pantry and refrigerator with snack-size, portable containers of peanut butter, milk, nuts or raisins.