Mom’s Best Naturals Cereal Featured on The Today Show®!
NBC recently featured Mom’s Best Naturals on The Today Show in a segment about healthy snacks for kids. As Michelle Obama’s recent push to fight childhood obesity demonstrates, snacking smart is more important than ever. As discussed during the segment, turning your child’s snacks into mini-meals is a great way to ensure they’re getting the proper nutrients their bodies need while avoiding filling up on junk food. A bowl of your favorite Mom’s Best Naturals cereal as an after-school snack does just that.
Registered dietitian and mother of three Elizabeth Ward recommends the following tips for healthy snacking:
- Make snacks into mini-meals, not meal wreckers. Children get more than 25 percent of their calories as snacks, so it’s especially important to serve healthy foods that kids would eat at mealtimes.
- Snack healthy, all day long. Avoid common mid-morning snacks that are full of fat, sugar, and sodium by replacing them with snacks that combine foods rich in complex carbohydrates and proteins that will help keep them fuller for longer, and give kids the energy they need to play and learn.
- Minimize snacking by serving balanced meals. A balanced breakfast with fruit, milk or yogurt, and whole grains gets the day off on the right foot and prevents the hunger that can lead to snacking.
Check out The Today Show clip to learn additional smart snacking tips!
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