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Nancy Clark: Peanut Butter Is My Top Food For Sports Nutrition [5]
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Cynthia Lair: Develop A Child's Connection Between Food and Athletic Performance [6]
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Tracy Bowman: Quick and Easy Breakfast Ideas For The On-The-Go Family [7]
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Jill Castle: Best Snack For Child's School Back Pack Is The One That They Will Eat! [8]
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Allison Maurer: Rotisserie Chicken Makes Quick And Easy Meals After Sports [9]

Fruit medley One of the biggest challenges parents face in raising kids these days is serving them healthy meals and snacks. Getting an active child to sit down for a meal of any kind, much less a well-balanced, made-from-scratch meal with the entire family, as he rushes off to or home from school, sports practices or games, or other activities that cram virtually every nook and cranny of a child's day, has become virtually impossible for many families, especially those headed by single parents.

Our goal is to provide sports parents, especially moms who do the vast majority of grocery shopping and meal preparation, with meals, recipe and snack ideas for the always-on-the-go family of the 21st century.

But to do that we are going to need everyone's help. If you have a meal, menu or snack idea or recipe, a way to put a healthy meal on the table for your family before or after an active day, a shortcut or tip that has saved you precious time and money, we hope you will share what you have learned with other Youth Sports Parents parents. Please consider writing a blog, contributing an article, posting on and/or hosting a Forum, or becoming our Youth Sports Parent expert on cooking on the go. If you know of someone who has knowledge to share, ask him or her to join. Together we can make Youth Sports Parents a true community of sports parents, fight childhood obesity and feed our kids a healthy, well-balanced diet.

-Brooke de Lench

Youth Sports Parents Founder

Featured Articles

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Quick And Easy Dinners For Families On The Go [11]

To make life easy for a family always on the go, here all in one place are quick and easy dinner menu ideas from MomsTEAM's blog series featuring top sports nutrition experts.

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Breakfast Ideas for Busy Families [12]

What do top sports nutritionists recommend for breakfast? We've compiled a list from the responses MomsTEAM got during its recent nutrition blog series and put them all in one place.

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Food News from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics [13]

Experiencing the Food & Nutrition Expo at the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetic Association's annual convention is an eating adventure! Several hours and many calories later, I emerged from the Expo with a sampling of items that can contribute to an effective sports diet. Here is brief snapshot of some of what I saw.

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Healthy Foods and Snacks for Summer [14]

A challenge most parents face during the summer months is eating on the go. The summer heat and shuttling kids to and from sports, camp, and the pool can zap the energy for making homecooked meals, and, as recent studies have shown, concession stand food (hot dogs, dye loaded slushes, and refined suger) can be just about as unhealthy as they come. So what can parents do to keep summer foods healthy without missing out on the fun foods the summer season offers? The author of a new cookbook geared to kids has some tips.

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Feeding Young Athletes On A Budget: A Nutritional Challenge For Busy Sports Parents [15]

A limited food budget creates a nutritional challenge for parents of active kids. The name of the fueling game is: How can you buy enough healthy calories with the least amount of money? These practical tips can help optimize a low-budget sports diet.

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