Like any good mother, I want to make sure my children are eating the right foods, getting the nutrition they need and learning how to make healthy choices for themselves. We’ve had some ups and downs with our children, from being too small to needing to cut back on some calories here and there. It’s a delicate balance. Personally, our biggest challenge is finding the right snack foods for our kids. They LOVE to snack in between meals as do I. The problem: we keep the wrong “snack foods” in the cupboards. It’s easy to walk through the store and grab a bag of chips, a box of cookies, maybe some baby pints of ice cream. These are all foods that are quick to dispense to the kids and don’t expire too quickly. Unfortunately, they are also full of excessive sugar and lack nutrients that growing children need.

Over the next five weeks, I’ll be participating in the compensated Looney Tunes Eating Right Kids program to not only bring you valuable information on healthy food choices for your children and family, but for mine as well!

So what is Looney Tunes Eating Right Kids all about?

Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Safeway, Inc. have teamed up to create a better-for-you line of food products for children, uniting flavor and nutrition with the iconic Looney Tunes characters. The line includes categories such as breakfast foods, portable meals, dairy, snacks and beverages. Each product will feature such world-renowned Looney Tunes characters as Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Taz, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, Roadrunner, Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck, who serve as ‘Mother’s Helper,’ making it easy for moms to spot better-for-you food and beverage items for their kids that taste great.

Did you know?

• According to a 2009 study, almost 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese
• The number of overweight and obese children (10 to 17 years old) is at or above 30 percent in 30 states.
• Research has also shown that overweight and obese children generally go on to become obese adults, with all the chronic, weight-related health issues that involves, such as heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure.

To help combat childhood obesity and offering mom’s a convenient option to healthier snack choices, Safeway stores are stocking their shelves and freezers with products from the Eating Right Kids product line featuring your favorite Looney Tunes characters. My favorite character, Taz is the face of the Celery and Peanut butter dippers!

Also, be sure to check out the new feature on MomLogic centered around the Looney Tunes Kids Eating Right Program. There you can get expert tips and menu plans from the Eating Right blog with Haylie Pomroy.

My question to you…

What are your favorite ways to get kids to eat their fruits and veggies?

Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were NOT provided free of cost to me but the information is part of a compensated Looney Tunes Eating Right Kids series.