We also asked “Any other thoughts on healthy snacking for kids during the summer?“ Comments from our panel members included:
“I try to keep things as healthy as possible to balance all the extra icecreams and trips out where there’s extra treats.”
“It’s very hard to keep a healthy routine.. they want to eat more as they are at home and I am working from home so sometimes the healthy treats slide…🤨🤪”
“For summer snacking to be healthy you really need to prepare. I find that while I’m working it’s difficult to make sure the kids are snacking healthily because they don’t just have a set lunch box in front of them. They request more things like ice-pops or ice-cream, so at the weekend I pour smoothie into ice-pop molds as a healthier option. I need to make sure I keep up the stock of fruit and have things like chopped up melon in the fridge that they can grab for a cool snack. I also have a stock of oatcakes and wholemeal pitta breads that they eat with peanut butter and banana.”
“Should be more readily available when out and about. Much “easier” to find an ice cream van /shop or chip van when in public parks / beach etc. Very hard to find pre made healthy snacks for sale.“