Wednesday, June 12, 2013

WholeFruit vs FruitRollUp (click on image to enlarge)

Many of the snacks that kids eat are really just desserts and should be treated as such.  I noticed during my time student teaching that many of kids would eat these unhealthy, processed, snacks at the expense of real fruits.  The high amount of added sugar that foods like Fruit Roll-Ups contain is contributing to the high rates of overweight/obesity in our youth.  

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