Explore nutrition tips, kids’ meal plans, kids’ activities, recipes and more from pediatric nutritionist, Melissa Halas, MA, RDN, CDE.

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Explore dietitian tips for kids meals and snacks, nutrition by age, special diets, family fitness, and more.

Healthy Living Tips

Making Healthy Dips with the Kids

Getting kids to eat their vegetables can be hard, but getting enough veggies, and especially green veggies, is extremely important for fighting disease, and overall

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Nutrition and Weight

Turn Your NEAT On

What happens when we move our bodies a bit more throughout the day? Read what Dr. James Levine has found with his research and how

Nutrition and Weight

An Overweight Child is a Family Affair

Learn how to keep it positive and keep the focus on how the family is going to make healthier choices, rather than on body weight.

Nutrition By Age

Intuitive Eating: 10 Tips for Your Teen

Teenage years are a crucial time to cement positive eating habits. Help your teen eat with intuition by practicing the following tips. As a younger

Healthy Living Tips

The Lost Art of Cooking

Cooking seems like a task that we are all “supposed to do”, but many people don’t know why or how to start. Here are 5

Healthy Living Tips

Making Baby Food & Soup for the Family

Learn how to make healthy baby foods, then turn the ingredients into hearty soups for the whole family with this video! Making meals for the