Help Fight Childhood Obesity with ECOlunchbox: A Practical Mealtime Solution

September is National Childhood Obesity Month, and public figures like Michelle Obama and Olympian Aly Raisman aren’t the only ones helping raise awareness about the importance of eating right and staying healthy. ECOlunchbox, an award winning brand known for its people and planet-friendly lunchtime solutions, is also helping fight this epidemic. Their plastic-free food packing containers make it easy to take perfectly portioned, healthy food on the go! 

ECOlunchbox provides a practical solution for leading a healthier lifestyle despite your family’s busy schedule. These eco-friendly mealtime accessories are not only ideal for transporting food - they encourage a balanced diet, proper portion size, and make it easy to have healthy snacks on hand wherever you go.

ECOluncbox is passionate about inspiring others to eat cleaner and go greener. Their mission is to help families celebrate mealtime on-the-go with nutritious, plastic-free choices that produce zero waste to the environment.

Help your family eat mindfully with ECOlunchbox:
·      Innovative, reusable food packing containers
·      Stackable and clippable
·      Healthy for people and planet
·      Made from high-quality stainless steel
·      Plastic-free, Non-toxic and BPA-free
·      Cleaning is hassle-free wash by hand or toss in dishwasher


More about ECOLunchbox:
ECOlunchbox has been included in the “20 Global Startups That Are Changing the World” list for its commitment to helping families reduce dependence on plastics by providing high quality, plastic free lunchware.  ECOlunchbox is a woman-owned, mission-based social enterprise built on the passion, excellence, innovation and love of healthy people and planet. President and Founder Sandra Ann Harris is committed to helping families change the world lunch by lunch. So far, her company has sold about 300,000 plastic-free ECOlunchboxes and averted tens of millions of pieces of plastic from use and disposal.
 

National Childhood Obesity Awarness Month (September).

 

 Approximately 17% (or 12.7 million) of children and adolescents aged 2—19 years are obese, according to the CDC, a figure health professionals consider an epidemic. September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, which recognizes the serious threat obesity poses to the health of America’s children and a call to action to eradicate it.

7 Easy and Effective Healthy Habits:

1.       Make Eating Healthy Foods Easy – cut up fruits and vegetables and have them in bowls in the front the refrigerator so they are easy to grab and eat.

2.       Have Family Fun Days – choose a physical activity your family enjoys and do it together on a regular basis.

3.       Prepare Healthy Meals Together – getting the whole family involved in preparing healthy meals not only teaches them about good nutrition but means they are more likely to eat it too!

4.       Minimize television and computer time – Keep tabs on how much screen time you allow you and your family each day.  Instead encourage them to get moving.

5.       Institute a Veggie or Fruit of the Week – try expanding your family’s produce palate by serving a new or unusual fruit or veggie once per week. Experiment with a new food like pomegranates or a different variety of something more familiar like squash.  Another option could be preparing a vegetable in a different (but healthy) way.

6.       Don’t Eat in Front of the TV – distractions often cause us to eat more or eat mindlessly, rather turn off the television and enjoy your food and your family.

7.       Find Comfort Elsewhere – Parents often use food as a way to make children feel better when they are sad, mad or unhappy.  Instead think of different ways to chase away the blues.  The same holds true for “rewards.”

4 “Kid-Approved” Recipes:

1.       Happy Veggie Sloppy Joes

2.       Chicken and Fruit Kebabs with Peachy Dipping Sauce

3.       Frozen Strawberry Yogurt Pops

4.       Peanut Butter Snack Cups

** Full recipes, nutritional information and high-resolution photos available. Recipes made with Monk Fruit In The Raw, the wholesome, zero calorie sweetener made from fruit and the makers of Sugar In The Raw.