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Healthy Beginnings

Healthy Habits Build Strong Futures

Healthy eating provides the building blocks necessary for children's growth and development. Benefits of a well-rounded nutritious diet include strong bones, brain development, healthy growth, boosted immunity, healthy skin, teeth and eyes, and much more! It’s important to remember that children are like sponges; they absorb everything that goes on around them. Therefore, adults should establish healthy habits while children are young, as those habits are likely to stick with them as they get older. Use these resources and tips to help guide the little ones in your life.

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Grocery Guide

Food Swaps
Kid Friendly Recipes

Kid Friendly Recipes
Food Allergy Safety

Food Allergy Safety
Kids in the Kitchen

Kids in the Kitchen
Activity Sheets

Activity Sheets

Cultivating Healthy Food Environments at Home

Parents and caregivers can help kids have a better relationship with food, changing from a “health lens” to an “all foods fit” model. In this presentation, a registered dietitian-nutritionist, reviews general nutrition guidelines for children and offers tips to incorporate mindful and intuitive eating principles for children to develop a lifelong nutritious and peaceful relationship with food.