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Following on the heels of the recently reported study that found that kids are consuming high calorie, high sodium meals for lunch, comes another study that might offer a plausible explanation.   While parents may gravitate towards foods that are familiar to their kids, the new study explains that this very familiarity is how a child predicts their satiety.

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Oh the wonders of product placement.  Little known to most consumers, there is a strategic reason for the location of most foods on grocery store shelves, eye level in vending machines, and of course those convenience foods that catch kids’ eyes (and hands) while you’re waiting in the checkout line.  As recently reported, kids are eating high calorie fast food largely out of convenience, but what if apples or oranges were just as easy to grab and go?  A new study discovered even produce can fair better with proper product placement.

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Speaking of kid’s meals, Mum Mum’s has been discussing how to build healthy kid’s lunches.  Yes that does require making the time to make those lunches, and many mums often claim meal choices may suffer because of a lack of time.   According to a new study, for a matter of convenience many kids are consuming high calorie, high sodium meals for lunch.

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School days are here, but even if you don’t have school aged kids a lunch still needs to be made (that goes for you too mums).  We’ve talked about the ABC’s of Packing a Healthy School Lunch , and now we will take a look at the 6 basics of building a better lunch for kids (and mums):

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Fall has fallen and school days are back in full swing.   Whether it be packing a lunch, an after school snack, or sending your little one to daycare with a meal in tow; the midday meal should be tasty and pack a nutritional punch to help fuel those developing brains during the day. Lunch is an important meal for kids and the days of plain sandwiches are long gone. Start by using your A, B, C’s as a guideline to help you pack a healthy school lunch:      

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Plenty of studies as of late have found that a mother’s diet during pregnancy can have a big impact on her baby like influencing taste preference as well as future weight maintenance and disease risk.  What if mum’s diet could also predict a child’s future allergies risk? A new study has suggested exactly that.

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Anyone who has ever seen a bear cub- hopefully from a safe distance- knows not to linger too long, for that mama bear is close by ready to defend her babies.  Many mums can relate to a fierce, mama bear instinct that can kick in even during pregnancy with many women surprising themselves with such heightened instincts.  As a recent study found out, this instinct is even stronger in women who nurse as opposed to those who bottle feed.

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We are witnessing the new generation of Supermoms, mums who have learned from their own supermoms and are taking it to the next level.  Taking care of the kids, cooking meals, making their own baby food, following gluten and allergen free diets for the kids, laundry…the list goes on and on.  At this point in time, however, we also have mums who do all those things plus go to work; work outside the fulltime job of keeping a home. While mums who go to work report less depression than mums who stay at home, a recent study found that working mums who acknowledge they just can’t do it all are less depressed as well.

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This month we talked quite a bit about healthy snacking, increasing fruit and vegetable intake, and even how sneak vegetables into your family meals.  You are applying your newfound knowledge to snack and meal times yet at recent trip to the grocery store your toddler screams: “But moooooom, I neeeeed that cereal!” You try to reason with your toddler explaining why you are choosing a healthier cereal; yet a major tantrum ensues and your tot gives a dramatic performance in the store enviable by most actors in Hollywood.  So how did you get here and how can your child be screaming for a cereal they’ve never had? A recent study sheds some insight on this phenomenon dubbed the Nag Factor.

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While we know kids should eat their vegetables, it is not always the easiest task to accomplish. Parents can increase veggie options at meals or snack time, but for some kids just the sight of broccoli is enough to send them running for cover.  If you have joined the ranks of clever mums who sneak healthy foods into their tots’ meals, you may be onto to something as a recent study found that kids ate more veggies and fewer calories when vegetables were in disguise.

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