SUMMER is here and the kids are home rummaging through the refrigerator and cupboards for anything to munch on. Nutrition should be factored into meal and snack planning for your growing children. Keeping fresh fruits and vegetables, low-fat dairy options, and nuts and seeds handy is a sure way to ensure the foods your children are eating support their nutrient needs. Highly processed foods, like most salty and sweet snacks, provide excess sodium, sugar and loads of preservatives hidden in bleached and processed refined grains.
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