Make Just One Change

Why do we feed our children mac-n-reconstituted cheese from a box, crusty chicken nuggets from a drive-up window, or ballpark dogs on a stick?

Because it’s easy. It replaces that empty-inside feeling with a sort of boulder-inside feeling. It keeps the dinnertime groaning and retching to a minimum. It prevents the phrase, “JUST TASTE IT!” from ringing through the neighborhood.

What we don’t often consider is the poor behavior we will have to put up with later as the kids experience a fast drop in blood sugar and treat us parents to a huge helping of grouchiness. Chances are that we grown-ups are eating this convenience stuff, too, thereby doubling the grouch factor and putting every-one in the house at risk for illness and obesity.

Here’s an easy way to make small changes to your meals: log on to EatJustOneMore.com and read about their simple pledge to make small changes in your family’s eating habits.

 The Just One More for Healthy Living campaign encourages families to take simple steps each day towards a healthier lifestyle by adding just one more serving of fruits and vegetables each day, just one more serving of lean protein each week, and just one more physical activity per day. The site, created by Del Monte Foods, also offers recipes, exercise tips and expert nutritional advice.

The Just One More campaign aims to get families eating fruits and veggies without threats, tricks (like hiding the spinach in the spaghetti sauce) or grouchiness, by learning better habits which will last a life-time.

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