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There is an App for That!

in The Too Busy to Diet Blog on February 5, 2015

Written by Claire Allen, Candidate for Masters in Nutrition from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  Teaching your kids the benefits of consuming healthy foods can be a tedious and daunting task.  The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has recently promoted a number of apps that parents can download to their mobile devices or notepads that promote nutrition education through games.  One of my favorites is “Veggie Circus Farm”, which helps children as young as two years old recognize vegetables.  The app provides animated vegetable performances that teach kids how to pronounce the names of vegetables and basic nutrition benefits without the need to read.  For more information on this app and other tech-savvy nutritional tools, check out the following link on the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics website:

http://www.eatright.org/resource/food/nutrition/healthy-eating/6-great-apps-to-teach-kids-about-nutrition