A fact sheet about healthy snacks for kids.

1. Pennington Nutrition Series
Healthier lives through education in nutrition and preventive medicine Pub No. 86
I’m hungry for a snack!
Snacks are good for you when
you choose something healthy.

2. In the middle
Milk, cheese,
of the yogurt, nuts,
morning I can fruit, cereal,
juice, peanut
have:
butter, or a
breakfast bar.
A sandwich, a After school I
glass of milk,
fruit, soup,
can have
cereal, nuts, some of these!
or vegetables
with a dip,
crackers and
cheese, A glass
of milk, a
In the
sandwich
evening I square, or
can have: pretzels.
Author: Heli J. Roy, PhD, MBA, RD
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
3/11