Guest Blogger
Jennifer Tyler Lee
Jennifer Tyler Lee is a mom and the creator of Crunch a Color™, the award winning healthy eating game that makes mealtime fun. Challenged by trying to get her kids (ages 5 and 7) to eat healthy meals, she decided to take matters into her own hands. In a few short months, Crunch a Color™ has gone from her kitchen table to nationwide stores and winner of the Dr. Toy and Parent Tested, Parent Approved awards for one of the best children’s products of 2011. She’s giving profits back to support kids nutrition, including Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, FoodCorps, and Alice Water’s Edible Schoolyard.
Her story has been featured by Jamie Oliver, ABC’s 7Live, and CTV’s CanadaAM. To hear Jennifer’s kids talk about how they turned from picky eaters to healthy eaters, watch this video.
To learn more about her game, and for healthy tips and recipes, visit her site www.crunchacolor.com.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/crunchacolor
Twitter: www.twitter.com/crunchacolor
Playing with your food: How to make mealtime fun!
Like 99% of parents, I struggled to get my kids to eat their veggies. When my daughter was two, she ate everything. By the time she was five, her plate was white. How could it be that she loved broccoli one week, and hated it the next? Desperate for a solution, I turned to the [...]
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Fill your Cart with Color: Successful strategies for shopping with your kids
Cookies, sugar-coated cereal, candy bars – these unhealthy treats always seem to be positioned at perfect eye level for a toddler. If grocery shopping with your kids is regular exercise in blocking and tackling corn syrup-infused confections, you are not alone. Most parents struggle with this challenge each visit to the store.
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Five simple steps to make the holidays healthy
My children love the holidays. They are giddy with the sounds, sights, and smells of the season. Like many parents, the holidays are a time to share treasured traditions through cooking, baking and eating! But a full calendar of holiday celebrations can quickly add up to a less than healthy holiday menu.
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Fast food you should eat.
Convenience, cost, and taste are why Americans choose fast food. Fast food consumption has increased dramatically – up 5x since the 1970s, and now 1 in 3 children eat fast food daily, according to a study in Pediatrics. Fast food is clearly meeting a need. Parents are busy.
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Spark a conversation: Why it’s a good idea to talk with your mouth full!
Family dinner is one of the best ways to keep our kids healthy. Children who eat dinner with their families more than five times a week (along with good sleep and limited TV watching) are 40% less likely to be obese, according to a study in Pediatrics.
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