Family Nutrition Blog
Our blog ‘Nourishing Thoughts’ keeps families informed on current nutrition news, fun kid-friendly nutrition tips to encourage healthy food, nutrition, and exercise choices, nutrition articles, and interactive tools for parents. Our healthy nutrition blog is for parents, teachers, and everyone who is interested in kids' health and nutrition.
Often, we will have weekly themes about healthy habits. The topic is discussed on Mondays, we follow up with a fun informative infographic that provides key facts about the topic, finishing up on Friday with some great materials and resources to use to bring that topic to home, school or wherever you are working with children to promote healthier habits! Enjoy.
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About Maggie
I am a nurse and a mother of two. I am also the founder of Nourish Interactive. I am very concerned about the health and well being of our children. I started the Nourishing Thoughts Blog so that I could help parents keep up on the latest trends in children’s nutrition and exercise.
I know that much like reading and writing is the foundation for learning, nutrition is the foundation for healthy children. But with so many new studies, products and trends constantly being reported it is hard to keep up. I just want to make it a little easier for parents by doing some of the legwork and providing you with up to date information.
Healthy eating habits in kids stabilizes their levels of energy and it keeps their minds sharp and active. TV commercials and junk food ads instill an appetite and trigger all sorts of cravings. As a parent, it’s your job to take action and do yo...
Friday Finds to Nourish Your Day:
It’s Friday and we are happy to share these resources and materials to help you promote family mealtime to nourish the children in your lives!
Family TIme Tips
Meal Plans-2-3 yrs
Meal Plans-4-8...
Wednesday Nourishing Graphics:
We are happy to share this infographic that further tells the story about the nourishing value of family meals and family time.
From the Family at Nourish Interactive, we wish you all a very healthy, safe and fami...
It is Thanksgiving week and we have talked about the cost of Thanksgiving meals, the way to budget and even food marketing. Oh and of course, food safety during Thanksgiving time. So all in all, we covered a lot of the main but very integral topics a...
Friday Finds to Nourish Your Day:
It’s Friday and we are happy to share these resources and materials to help you promote Thanksgiving foods to nourish the children in your lives!
Here is a video that the Voice of Agriculture produced tha...
Wednesday Nourishing Graphics:
We are happy to share this infographic that further tells the story about the value of food during Thanksgiving.
The USDA has released these graphics that share the cost of Thanksgiving meal. Even though it costs ...
Thanksgiving time is eating time! The USDA released their annual report about the foods that make up our Thanksgiving feast. I thought instead of doing portion control, let's take a look at what Thanksgiving actually costs and what is contributing to...
Friday Finds to Nourish Your Day:
It’s Friday and we are happy to share these resources and materials to help you promote food safety to nourish the children in your lives!
Let's Talk Turkey—A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a ...
Wednesday Nourishing Graphics:
We are happy to share this infographic that further tells the story about the nourishing value of food safety.
As a reminder, thawing your turkey properly to avoid bacterial growth is the first step to a healthy T...
It is that time of the year, where kitchen is really where the heart is! Cooking is a must during the holidays and I just want to remind everyone of some important turkey food safety guidelines so that everyone can enjoy a healthy and safe holiday mea...