{"id":1756,"date":"2013-08-23T17:58:20","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T17:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1756"},"modified":"2013-08-23T17:58:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-23T17:58:20","slug":"healthier-choices-for-back-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=1756","title":{"rendered":"Healthier Choices for Back to School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1757\" alt=\"MomMakingLunchHC0808\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MomMakingLunchHC0808.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MomMakingLunchHC0808.jpg 600w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MomMakingLunchHC0808-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MomMakingLunchHC0808-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/MomMakingLunchHC0808-60x40.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved this time of year. There\u2019s just something about heading back to school with brand new markers, pens, notebooks and a shiny new lunch box filled with tasty treats.<\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid, lunch consisted of some type of sandwich, a bag of chips, a soda and something sweet for dessert. It wasn\u2019t the healthiest meal, but it kept my stomach from growling in math class.<\/p>\n<p>Things are a little bit different for my niece, who is about to enter the first grade. My sister-in-law packs healthy foods that she knows Abby loves and will eat. Sometimes there\u2019s low-fat, low-sodium crackers shaped like bunnies. There are grapes, apples or another sort of fruit or vegetable. Abby loves it!<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t help but think my nieces could be part of a growing group of young children who are learning to love healthy eating, including fruits and vegetables grown by American farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Developing healthy eating habits at such an early age is integral to a person\u2019s overall health later in life. That\u2019s why organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been studying the height and weight of American preschoolers from low-income families in 40 states and U.S. territories for several years now. And this year, that research revealed something great.<\/p>\n<p>Juvenile obesity rates are declining for the first time in decades. What a wonderful way to kick off a new school year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve always loved this time of year. There\u2019s just something about heading back to school with brand new markers, pens, notebooks and a shiny new lunch box filled with tasty treats. When I was a kid, lunch consisted of some type of sandwich, a bag of chips, a soda and something sweet for dessert. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1758,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1756\/revisions\/1758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}