Kid athletes need good fuel between meals! Here are 21 ideas for easy sports snacks they'll love. Thank you to CLIF Kid for sponsoring this ...
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Healthy Team Snacks: A Success Story
Tired of chips and candy on the sidelines of your kids' sports? Here's how one mom got parents on board with healthy team snacks. Since I began ...
My New E-Book: The Snacktivist’s Handbook
Five years ago, I stood on the pee-wee soccer field and got angry. I sat down at the computer and hammered out a post called Soccer Mom Soapbox, about ...
8 Ways To Get Rid of Junk Food Sports Snacks
Are you fed up with junk food sports snacks on the sidelines--but afraid to rock the boat? Not sure how other parents will react? That was me, five ...
How to Make A Homemade Sports Drink
I frequently gripe about sports drinks. I cringe when bottles of it are handed out to pee-wee players after less than an hour of light exercise. ...
The Trouble With Concession Stands In Youth Sports
If you have kids in baseball, softball, football, and other organized sports, you know about the concession stand. It may generate much-needed revenue ...
What To Do About Junk Food Sports Snacks
After all the cupcakes and cookies on the sidelines of pee wee soccer (read Soccer Mom Soapbox), I was relieved when my son started playing flag ...
FREE Resources For Healthy Soccer Snacks
Coaches are role models, and they set the tone for the season. They also play a critical role in getting junk food and sugary drinks off the sidelines ...
20 Healthy Team Snacks for Kids
Leaves are falling. Soccer balls are flying. Naturally, my thoughts turn to healthy team snacks. Since I first voiced my frustration over junky ...
Soccer Snacks on Steroids: Is THIS Why It Started?
Remember when soccer snacks were simple orange slices on the sidelines? Someone's mom brought a Tupperware container full of them for halftime. You ...
Soccer Mom On A Mission…Watch It!
Two years ago, I tromped around the soccer fields in my community, snapping photos of the snacks I was seeing. I set the photos to music and turned ...
All About Snacktivism: My Interview in StayBasic Magazine
A few years ago, I got fed up with the Kool-Aid and cupcakes my son was getting after soccer games and vowed to make a change. I began talking to ...