I'm a Dietitian and I Changed My Mind About Sugar in My Kids' Lunch — Strong Opinon

Being a mother, registered dietitian, and food writer, I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about how best to feed kids. With my own three daughters, I've managed certain aspects of feeding them successfully (they're enthusiastic vegetable eaters) and others less gracefully (I may or may not sometimes trade lollipops for good behavior).

Like all aspects of parenting, it took me a while to find my feet in the realm of feeding a family. When my girls were tiny, I found the parade of statistics on obesity and overconsumption of sugar to be pretty darn alarming (comparisons of sugar to cocaine reverberated through my brain). As a nutrition professional, it was almost as though I knew too much and responded by being too restrictive, particularly about sugar.

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