12/31/13 blog post
top health family apps for 2014
As I look back through the year’s blogs, I find helpful tips for the New Year:
- Start your day with a healthy breakfast.
- It can take up to 8-10 exposures of a new food for anyone to like it.
- Practice mindful eating.
- Have a vegetable at lunch and strive for two at dinner.
- Portion control – recheck your plate.
- Remember being active is just as important as healthy eating.
- Keep in check screen time.
- Reach for water, not the sugar sweetened beverages.
- Check out the below Apps – some help to expose your kids to healthy food.
- Log your intakes and physical activity. A diary keeps you honest with what you put into your mouth. And, it can help with achieving your exercise goals!
The below list provides you with start-up suggestions for smart phone & tablet FREE apps. The availability of apps constantly changes and many good ones exist that did not make this list. Please do an extensive review of a product before purchasing and complete your own search to see what is new. Created and provided by dietitians at Dayton Children’s.
Nutrition Information:
- Nutrition and Healthy Eating
- Fooducate
Exercise/Yoga:
- C-Fit Yoga
- Super Stretch Yoga
- My First Yoga
- Yuvi Story Aerobics
- Healthy Heroes 1
- Fit Quest Lite
Nutrition Games:
- Eat and Move O Matic
- Healthy Food Monsters
- Awesome Eats
- Fruits and Vegetables
- Adventure Chubby Kid Jump
- Max’s Plate
- Little Brainiac Vegetables
- Toca Kitchen Monsters
- Preschool EduKitchen
- Smash Your Food
- Breakfast Bash
- Fruit Ninja
Nutrition Interactive Storybooks:
- Vita and Mint Summer Vacation
- ABC Mouse.com To Run Is Fun
Healthy Eating/Picky Eating:
- Kids Food Adventure
- Nicolas’s Garden
Tracking and Monitoring:
- My Diet Diary
- Lose It!
- My Fitness Pal
- LiveStrong