Nine Kid Foods to Avoid
Using nutritional guidelines by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, TIME.com put popular kid-friendly food products to the test. Here's a sample of packaged foods that parents may be better off avoiding, plus our suggestions for what to buy instead
What child doesn't love this classic? Parents might not be such a fan of its sodium content, however — nearly 100 mg more than the healthy quantity for pasta.
Better choice: Uncle Ben's Brown Whole Grain Rice. Swap mac and cheese for brown rice as a side dish. You gain fiber, magnesium, vitamins E and B-6, copper, zinc — without all the extra sodium.
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