Stealth Food

Here are a few things to read that may get our kids and ourselves to ease into eating healthier! Read what Sarah Kliff of Newsweeks says in her article, "Stealth Health For Kids."

A recent Yale University study seems to say to take a different tack when trying to get children to eat healthier lunches. They found if you just ask a kid, "Would you like fruit with that corn dog?" it might go a long way towards getting in that 'apple a day.'

Stealth Health is what they are calling this new approach and according to David Just, who is a behavioral economist at Cornell University, it is an application of 'behavioral economics' which is the academic field that studies the role of environmental factors in decision making. He says the general idea is "...finding changes that push people in the right direction without limiting their choices."

Sounds like a 'no duh' idea for both kids and adults!

David Katz, MD, MPH, director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center and of the Yale Preventive Medicine Center is also co-author of the book Stealth Health: How to Sneak Age-Defying, Disease-Fighting Habits into Your Life without Really Trying.

He and his co-author, Debra L. Gordon, wrote a book about adults applying this simple idea as well. From your morning shower to the evening news, from your work commute to your household chores, Katz says, there are at least 2,400 ways to sneak healthy activities into daily living. Check out his website for all kinds of articles on this topic. He also has a column at Prevention magazine's online website explaining important health related headlines in the news that you may want to check out too.

C'mon now, admit it. Sneaky, undercover, stealth eating without cheating on your diet sounds awesome.