Family Living
Focus
by
Denise A. Talko
Bucks County
Cooperative Extension
Summertime Snacking
Vacations, camp, sports, swim
ming, picnics, and more! During
the summer months, these activi
ties are often featured and can
alter your regular schedule. You
and your family are very active at
this time of year, but do not for
get to ensure that your eating
patterns are keeping up with
your busy day.
Snacking has become a natural
part of one’s day. You may have
been advised to avoid snacks as
they would “spoil” your appetite
for the following meal, but snack
ing can provide up to one-fourth
of a.child’s nutrients each day.
This is especially true now since
scheduled breakfast and lunch
routines are not as planned as
they are during the school year.
In addition, youngsters and ado
lescents are often more active
during this season and require
more energy to keep them going.
Because energy needs are high,
often children and teens don’t eat
enough at each meal to meet
their daily requirements for cal
ories and other key nutrients
such as iron, calcium, and vita
mins A and C. Children have
smaller appetites and may not
eat as much as expected at each
meal, thus, snacking can allow
them to make up for what they
may miss at mealtime. And teens
often make their own food choic
es, which can result in avoidance
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Their selections are often higher
in the less desirable nutrients
such as fat, sugars, salt and cho
lesterol, and empty calories.
Snack time can be a place
where healthful foods are offered.
The roles of good nutrition apply
here. Everyone requires a variety
of foods to ensure that they are
receiving all the nutrients that
they need for proper growth and
development. Follow the Food
Guide Pyramid and the following
tips to guide you.
• Have healthful foods at
home Try to keep a variety of
foods from each group from the
Food Guide Pyramid in your
pantry or refrigerator. This be
gins with selecting the right kind
of foods at the store.
• Look for food items that
may be high in nutrients like
iron, calcium, protein, fiber, and
vitamins like A and C. These can
be fruits, vegetables, milk, and
grain proiducts.
• Do not often buy foods that
are high in calories, fat, cholester
ol, salt, and sugar.
• Serve beverages such as low
fat chocolate or white milk,
water, and juices that are made
with 100 percent juice (apple,
grape, orange, pineapple). Look
on the label! Beverages are part
of snacking and can easily sneak
empty calories and sugar into
your child’s diet.
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Snacking can be simple. Have
your children involved in the
planning. When you make your
grocery list or visit the market,
have your children select the
healthful foods, like fruits, vege
tables, yogurts, cheeses, cereal,
and other grains that they like to
eat. Include them in the prepara
tion or plan for snacks that are
easy to put together without
much mixing, cooking, and clean
up. Often snacks are just one
item or two to three simple foods
combined with each other. They
may not even require adult su
pervision, are fun to make, and
can be eaten on the go. Here are
some ideas:
• Serve cold cereal with milk
or yogurt, topped with fresh fruit
or raisins.
• Toast a bagel/bread with
cheese or peanut butter, top with
raisins, nuts or seeds.
• Blend together can or fresh
fruit, milk or yogurt, juice and ice
cubes for a smoothie.
• Use packaged items like low
fat pudding, granola bars, dried
fruit to eat on the go.
• Prepare raw vegetables
alone or combine with dip, pea
nut butter or cottage cheese.
• Many fresh fruits are their
own container (and no clean up)
good to go.
• Mix cottage cheese with
granola or canned or fresh fruit.
• Suggest leftovers from yes
terday’s dinner.
• Fill an apple or banana
halves with peanut butter add
some nuts go nuts.
• Try crackers or pita bread
with cheese or meat stuck on top
or inside.
• Put raw veggies, and a bit of
dressing into a tortilla and roll
up.
Remember that you are a role
model for the children in your
life. Select the same types of food
for your snacks. They are nutri
tious and may be lower in cal
ories than some of the other
snacks out there. It is equal
ly important that you get
the essential nutrients as
well. Enjoy your summer
and eat well.
For more snack ideas and
nutrition information, con
tact your county’s Penn
State Cooperative Extension
Office. Ask for a publication
entitled; “The ABC’s of
Growing Healthy Kids
Keep on Snacking.”
Penn State Students
Wage ‘Penny War’ To
Benefit Farm Family
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Agricultural fraternities
and a sorority at Penn State’s
University Park campus raised
nearly $BOO for an AgrAbility
farm family through their annual
“Penny War” competition.
“For the third year, the frater
nities and sorority coordinated
and administered this event as a
way of giving back to the agricul
tural community,” says Linda
Fetzer, Penn State project assist
ant and outreach coordinator for
AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians.
Ronnie Sands from Delta
Theta Sigma coordinated the
event. Alpha Zeta hosted the
Penny War banquet at which the
check was presented to the McEl
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Tom and Becky McElwee at
tended the banquet with their
son, Tyler, and vocational agri
culture teacher, Gerry Reichard.
Tyler was involved in an ATV
accident and sustained a spinal
cord injury. The Penny War
funds will be used to modify the
family’s skid steer loader from
foot control to hand control. This
modification will allow Tyler to
return to work at the family’s re
ceiving station, where they pur
chase and sell cattle as well as
transport cattle to various parts
Senior Appreciation Day
At Maryland State Fair
BALTIMORE, Md. The
Maryland Department of Aging
announces plans for its 14th an
nual Senior Appreciation Day at
the State Fair on Thursday, Aug.
30 at the State Fairgrounds in Ti
monium, Md.
Activities for the day include:
• 8:30 a.m. Early morning
fitness walk and continental
breakfast for “walk” partici
pants.
• 10 a.m.-l:30 p.m. Senior
Center Showcase featuring arts
and crafts displays and demon
strations, and information on
programs and services available
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of the country.
Penny War funds are collected
by each fraternity and sorority
and a traveling trophy is award
ed to the group that collects the
most funds. This year’s trophy
was awarded to Alpha Gamma
Rho for collecting $522.97.
“AgrAbility for Pennsylva
nians applauds the efforts of the
agricultural fraternities and soro
rities for making a difference in
the lives of a farmer with a disa
bility who desires to continue
working in production agricul
ture,” says Fetzer.
AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians
is a part of a national informa
tion and technology network for
farmers and farm families who
continue to farm despite medical
or physical limitations. This
statewide project is a collabora
tive effort between Penn State
Cooperative Extension and Eas
ter Seals Central Pennsylvania
and receives funding through the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
AgrAbility services include on
site assessments of farm opera
tions, information on assistive
technology for farm worksites,
peer/caregiver support, referral
services, professional education
and public awareness.
at senior centers.
• 11-1:10 p.m.
Grandparent/Grandchild Con
test. This special event gives
grandparents and their grand
children an opportunity to com
pete for trophies and cash prizes
in physical likeness, talent, and
costume categories.
Preregistration is required and
the deadline to register for the
contest is July 20.
• 1:55 p.m. Running of the
Senior Appreciation Day Purse at
the thoroughbred racetrack.
Gifts will be given to the first
500 seniors attending the Senior
Center Showcase. Sen
iors can also enjoy the
traditional attractions
and festivities of the
Maryland State Fair.
Admission to the fair
grounds is free
throughout the day for
persons 55 years of age
and older.
To receive a regis
tration form for the
Grandparent/
Grandchild Contest, or
for more information
on Senior Appreciation
Day activities, call
Public Affairs, Mary
land Department of
Aging, (410) 767-1273,
or toll free:
1-800-AGE-DIAL.