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The best way for kids, and quite frankly everyone, to hydrate before and after sports is with water. It’s simple, it’s cheap, it’s easy and it’s certainly the healthiest option for anyone.

It is important for kids to continue to get that annual well check so we can assure they stay well. We want to assure they are getting all their current prevention, make sure their immunizations are up to date, checking their vitals, checking their blood pressure, checking their pulse, making sure they are at a healthy weight. We also want to set healthy habits for later in life.

As everyone probably knows, the healthiest snack for kids, as well as adults, is fresh fruits, fresh vegetables. You want to eat them in the state that is the close as possible to nature. So, your raw carrots, celery sticks, edamame is big now, pea pods, anything like that. Certainly, fresh fruits, as well: Apples, oranges, grapes, any of those things. And if you add a small amount of protein to that fresh vegetable or fresh fruit, it is going to make that snack keep you feeling full longer. So, add your peanut butter to your celery sticks, your yogurt on your fruit, a little cheese along with your fruits or vegetables, as well, that will help the, the snacks stay with you longer.