Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

We are a small Minnesota company with a big goal of spreading the real food message

and helping people make the connection between what they

eat and how they feel. And this includes the little people in our lives as well. Our teenagers,

our kids, our grandkids, our nieces and nephews. Food is so important and has a huge impact no matter your age. Some of our long-time

listeners may know this, but Dar Kavist, who is the founder of nutritional weight and wellness,

was originally in the education field, and she had and still has actually a particular passion

for working with kids with special needs and their families.

So feeding kids and teaching kids about good food that nourishes and supports their growing

brains and bodies can set the foundation for lifelong health and give them a lens through

which to look at food that will serve them well into adulthood.

And I will also say that feeding

kids certainly has its challenges. I know because I'm a mom myself with two young children at home,

ages five and two, and our special guest today is also a mom and works with children in health

care all day long. So some of the questions that may go through

a parent's brain, do you ever worry if your child is eating enough? Has that ever passed through your

mind? Do you worry that your child is eating too much? Maybe your child or your teenager won't touch a

vegetable or maybe they won't touch their meat. Maybe every meal has to include that

mac and cheese or a pizza or otherwise you risk a complete meltdown at the table. Or maybe you've

had to resort to making two or three or four different looking plates at a meal just to accommodate

everyone's preferences. I could go on and on and these are just a sample of things I've heard,

both from clients but also from friends and family members in my life.

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