Healthy back-to-school eating habits and better choices for kids with Clinical Nutritionist Tara Coleman

(WTAJ) With the new school year coming fast, ensuring your kids have the sustained energy they need for learning, playing, and growing is more important than ever. “Fueling Your Kids for Back to School” provides parents with practical advice and simple strategies to make balanced, nutritious eating a seamless part of their children’s daily routine using healthier options. Learn how to combine carbohydrates and proteins for optimal energy, understand food labels to make informed choices, and encourage your kids to enjoy healthy foods.

In this segment, Clinical Nutritionist Tara Coleman shows Studio 814’s Morgan Koziar info and tips that can ensure all students have the fuel they need to power through the back-to-school season.

Coleman shows how to:

• Create balanced and nutritious snacks that combine carbohydrates, like Tree Top Apple Sauce, for fast-acting fuel and proteins to keep kids full and enhance concentration

• Teach parents how to look for short, understandable ingredient lists and to be mindful of added sugars, distinguishing them from naturally occurring sugars in fruits and dairy.

• Offer solutions for parents worried their kids won’t choose healthy options, starting with familiar foods and gradually introducing new ones.

Coleman is passionate about giving her viewers a unique and fresh look at nutrition as well as providing them access to quality products that will improve their health and make their lives easier. Tara’s ultimate goal is to empower people with the education and tools to eat in the way that fuels the life they want to live. When she is not trying to change the world one sandwich at a time she is devoted to her friends and family, is an avid hiker, but mostly is at the whim of whatever her dog’s heart desires.

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