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Keep Your Student On Track

Pack a Healthy Snack!

Milk Products	Grain / Products	Nuts, Seeds, Beans, and Meats	Vegetables	Fruit	Beverages
Low fat Milk/Flavored Milk / Cheese cubes / String cheese / Individual Puddings / Yogurt / Low fat Ice Cream/Ice Milk / Low fat Cottage Cheese	Low fat breakfast bars / Granola bars / Mini rice cakes / Non-sugar cereals / Mini bagels / Pretzels / Trail mixes / Cereal mixes / Graham crackers / Fig Newtons / Gingersnaps / Molasses cookies / Triscuits or other whole grain crackers / Animal crackers / Angel food cake - plain or topped with fruit / Low fat popcorn / Whole grain bread / Bread sticks / Pita bread / Low fat muffins / Baked tortilla chips / Vanilla wafers	Sunflower Seeds / Pumpkin Seeds / Peanut Butter / Hummus / Nuts / Turkey breast / Low-fat lunch meats / Chicken breast	Broccoli / Peppers / Carrots / Radishes / Cauliflower / Rutabaga / Celery / Snow Peas / Cherry Tomatoes / Sugar snap peas / Turnip Strips / Cucumber / Zucchini	Fresh, Frozen, or Canned / Apples/Applesauce / Mango / Melons / Apricots / Banana / Oranges / Berries / Cantaloupe / Peaches / Cherries / Pears / Pineapple / Plums / Grapefruit / Grapes / Kiwi / Watermelon / Frozen fruit bars / Dried fruit / Raisins / Apricots / Prunes	Water / Flavored water (low sugar) / 100% Juice / Low fat Milk/Flavored Milk / Yogurt Smoothies / Vegetable juice

Good Nutrition leads to…
Better concentration
Increased attention
Improved memory
Better moods
Less fatigue

Internet Resources for Healthy Snack Ideas
www.healthiergeneration.org click At School for snack resources
www.actionforhealthykids.org/recharge/tools/snacks.pdf
www.morematters.org
www.mypyramid.gov
www.eatright.org

Did you know?
As part of a healthy diet, kids should eat 3 main meals and 2-3 healthy snacks a day. Snacks play a major role in kids’ diets, contributing up to 1/3 to 1/2 of a child’s daily food intake. Make sure to try some of these healthy options.

Better
Students
Overall!

*Check with your classroom teacher to determine if any of these foods need to be avoided due to allergies in the classroom.

www.cspinet.org/healthysnacks/

www.cspinet.org/healthysnacks/