Nutritious Eats, Treats and Special Diets Resources
Nutritious eating fuels kids with vital nutrients, fostering growth, and development. It bolsters energy levels, fortifies their immune system, while cultivating habits that boost mental sharpness and cognitive abilities, setting the groundwork for a healthier tomorrow.
Healthy eating, healthy body
- 10 healthy eating tips
- 5 ways to reach a healthy weight
- A guide to eating for sports
- Are detox diets safe?
- Body mass index (BMI)
- Breastfeeding FAQs: solids and supplementing
- Build a better fast-food meal
- Calcium
- Childhood obesity and the two headed dragon
- Cooking with preschoolers
- Feeding your newborn
- Feeding your 1- to 2-year-old
- Feeding your 4- to 7-month-old
- Feeding your 8- to 12-month-old
- Feeding your family on a tight budget
- Fiber
- Figuring out fat and calories
- Finger foods for babies
- Food allergies
- Food groups
- Food labels
- Food portions and routines
- Food portions: how much should I eat?
- Food safety: fruits and vegetables
- Formula feeding FAQs: starting solids and milk
- Fuel your healthy smile
- Handling picky eating in toddlers (video)
- Health and fun food tips for parents and kids
- Healthy dairy
- Healthy diet for young athletes
- Healthy eating
- Healthy eating away from home
- Healthy eating for sports and athletic activities
- Healthy eating on a budget
- Healthy food shopping
- Healthy fruits
- Healthy fruits coloring book
- Healthy grains
- Healthy proteins
- Healthy vegetables
- How can I lose weight safely?
- Hunger and your preschooler
- Iron
- Keeping portions under control
- Kids and food: 10 tips for parents
- Meal planning
- Meal prep time savers
- Meet the 5 food groups
- My toddler hates vegetables, what can I do?
- MyPlate dietary guidelines for health eating
- MyPlate food guide
- Nutrition and fitness center
- Nutrition guide
- Nutrition guide for toddlers
- Nutrition: 5 ways to get your 5 a day
- Nutritious recipes for the whole family
- Portion control and serving sizes
- Portion/serving sizes
- Reading food labels
- Should I go on a diet
- Smart shopping tips
- Snacks for toddlers
- Sports and energy drinks
- Starting your baby on solid foods
- Starting your child on juice
- Staying at a healthy weight
- Strategies for feeding your preschooler
- The deal with diets
- The food pyramid
- The importance of breakfast
- Toddlers at the table: avoiding power struggles
- Ways to get your 5 a day
- What is MyPlate?
- What's the right weight for my height?
- When can babies start drinking cow's milk?
Tasty recipes
- Recipe: after-school snack energy bars
- Recipe: baked honey mustard chicken fingers
- Recipe: baked vegetable frittata
- Recipe: basic chicken soup
- Recipe: best-ever applesauce
- Recipe: black bean hummus
- Recipe: blueberry smoothie
- Recipe: cherry sherbet
- Recipe: chinese congee
- Recipe: crunchy chicken thighs
- Recipe: crusty cornbread
- Recipe: cucumber limeade
- Recipe: date-nut cream cheese
- Recipe: easy dill pickles
- Recipe: every shade of green salad
- Recipe: first lady michelle obama's baked apples
- Recipe: greek salad kabobs
- Recipe: grilled salmon tacos with mango black bean salsa
- Recipe: how to get the seeds out of a pumpkin
- Recipe: kiwisicles
- Recipe: mahi-mahi pitas with feta, cucumber, and tomato salad
- Recipe: melting apples
- Recipe: natural easter-egg dyes
- Recipe: parmesan yogurt dip with carrots
- Recipe: purple cabbage slaw
- Recipe: rainbow pinwheels
- Recipe: ranch dressing
- Recipe: skillet lasagna
- Recipe: spinach grilled cheese
- Recipe: spinach-ginger slushie
- Recipe: stone-fruit salsa
- Recipe: sweet potato spinach baby puree
- Recipe: tropical smoothie
- Recipe: turkey chili
- Recipe: turkey wrap with lemony hummus and cheese
- Recipe: vietnamese chicken noodle soup
- Recipe: whole wheat spinach macaroni and cheese
- Recipe: world’s quickest tomato sauce
- Recipe: zucchini pasta
Special diets
- Cystic fibrosis and nutrition
- Cystic fibrosis factsheet (for schools)
- Dietary tips for kids with cystic fibrosis
- Dietary tips for teens with cystic fibrosis
- Egg allergy
- Food allergies
- Food allergies and travel
- Going to school with food allergies
- Milk allergy
- Peanut allergy
- Recipes for kids with celiac disease
- Recipes for kids with cerebral palsy