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As experts in the translation of scientific nutrition information into easy-to-understand concepts, we are happy to contribute to written articles or be interviewed for radio, TV or print stories.
Some examples of print media interviews include: Global News article here, Weight Watcher’s Canada article here.
Cara and Rosanne are regularly featured on the CTV Kitchener-Waterloo News.
- Healthy school lunches that taste great
- Ideas for making protein-packed breakfasts
- Inspiring kids to get involved in the kitchen
- What’s really in your breakfast cereal?
- Getting proper nutrition with plant-based diets
- Top nutrition trends of the year
- 3 ways to add seasonal veggies to your meals
- Using strawberries in every part of your meal
- Keeping your New Year health resolution
- Food preparation the key for healthy eating
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Are you headed to a kid’s birthday party this weekend? 🥳
Kid’s birthday parties often include some sort of treat bag to take home, which usually has candy 🍬or chocolate 🍫or cookies 🍪 inside.
Do your kids ever ask (or beg 😫!) to eat some of it on the drive (or walk) home from the party?
Mine sometimes do!
Wanna know what my 2-step approach/response is, if they ask to eat the candy?
1️⃣ I neutralize the question. “You got candy? Cool.”
I’m not shouting or singing in excitement or doing cartwheels, just acknowledging what was said in the same neutral way that I would acknowledge if they ate broccoli or pizza or wontons. Cool. Cuz it’s cool. All food is cool. 😎
2️⃣ I step into my parenting job of determining “when”. “It’s not snack time right now though; you can have it for/with snack another day.”
In the division of responsibility in feeding, it’s one of the parent’s jobs to determine when food is eaten. If the party is over at 4 p.m. and only an hour or two away from supper, it’s not a scheduled snack time in our house, so I’ll state that the candy can be eaten later.
[*Please know that this is not being mean. This is part of being an authoritative parent who is high on warmth but high on boundaries. P.S. If you're interested in learning more on how your parenting style can impact your child’s relationship with food and nutrition, check out my most recent blog post - link in bio!]
🍬 It won’t be thrown away. (Although, it may be forgotten … I just found chocolate from 2 Christmas’s ago!)
🍬 It will be offered alongside a regularly scheduled snack.
🍬 It won’t be a big deal. It’s candy.
🍬 It will be seen as an opportunity to learn to enjoy sweets.
Let me know about your treat bag stories!
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