Lauren Olin

Snacks help keep everyone fueled-up between meals. Combine a protein with one or two other food groups and snacks can become a power-packed way to re-energize our bodies. Create a home snack station this month. Fill it with healthy options for the pantry and refrigerator in clear containers to select nuts, low-fat string cheese and [...]

When hunger hits, you automatically go for whatever food items are within reach. That’s why it’s important to plan ahead and have a healthy snack haven stocked and ready to grab, says Leah Cox, Genesee Intermediate School District’s Healthy Schools Healthy Families program manager. She recommends getting kids involved in selecting and stocking healthy snacks.

Getting outdoors is good for your health and disposition, according to a growing body of researchers. Sure, there’s the value of heart-pumping exertion, which benefits the cardiovascular systems, but there’s something more. Several studies, including one published in Environmental Science and Technology in 2011, suggest exercise outdoors benefits mental well-being more than the same type of

Kids can glide like butterflies and scale up a spider’s web as they trek along Sloan Museum’s Rainforest Adventure, a two-part maze featuring authentic sights and sounds of a tropical jungle. The mazes, which are fun for everyone, offer participants the opportunity to complete puzzles and physical challenges along the way. Wrong answers lead to

Labels provide useful information that helps you make good choices about food products.  Look closely and you’ll begin to see why some foods are better for you than others. Among things to watch out for are high sodium (salt) levels and added sugars. Families interested in learning more about how to read food labels and

Think school assembly on overdrive. The first Wednesday of every May, more than 300,000 children statewide exercise all at the same time. In collaboration with Farm Bureau Insurance, we are proud to host Project ACES — All Children Exercise Simultaneously. For one hour on ACES day, children from more than 1,000 schools across the state