How An RD Helps Her Kids Pack Their School Lunches

Turnbull explains that for most parents, “it’s a foreign concept to put some higher sugar, higher sodium foods on the list and into their child’s lunch box, but they’re going to be exposed to those things in school, and when we’re not around to gatekeep their choices they’re going to indulge. Giving them the opportunity to choose food items that are usually off limits will minimize the obsession and the fixation around some of those foods—of course, we’re talking about sweets, treats, chips, and the like.”