Limit the amount of highly processed foods you offer for lunches and snacks. Examples of processed foods include:

• Sugary drinks;
• Chocolate and candies;
• Ice cream and frozen desserts;
• Fast foods like french fries and burgers;
• Frozen packaged meals like pasta dishes and pizzas;
• Bakery products like muffins, buns and cakes;
• Processed meats like sausages, bologna, wieners, and deli meats;
• Fruit leathers and other types of fruit snacks with added sugar; and,
• Chips and cheesies.

These foods can be high in sodium (salt), sugars and/or saturated fat. If you choose to include these highly processed foods, do so less often and send small amounts. It is what you eat over time that matters most, not what you eat occasionally. Try to pack nutritious choices most often.