Honored as part of a team award for a WSU Extension food garden and food sovereignty program on the Colville Reservation, Kayla Wells accepts awards from NEAFCS President Karen Munden. WSU Colville Reservation Extension educators…
Using affirming statements could help parents get children interested in eating healthier at a key stage in their development.
Parents’ attitudes at the dinner table affect the quality of meals for their young children, according to new research by a nationwide team of scientists including Thomas Power, emeritus professor in the Department of Human Development. Their discoveries were featured this fall in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in a new paper by lead […]
Lots of us have observed that foods that are good for us – broccoli and bean sprouts – don’t trigger intense cravings. In the late afternoon, when my energy is low, I want a cookie or a piece of chocolate, not a green pepper.
TACOMA and PUYALLUP, Wash.—When Devin Drennen’s mother, Susan, offered her son ice cream for dessert, he asked for carrots instead. Why? The fifth-grader at Edison Elementary School in Tacoma learned through a nutrition class about the importance of eating fiber foods to maintain the health of the body’s digestive system. Students made carrot juice with […]