Best Food for Families, Infants, and Toddlers

Welcome

Welcome to the Best Food for Families, Infants, and Toddlers (Best Food FITS) website.  Best Food FITS is a research project funded by the Texas Department of State Health Services and headed by Dr. Sylvia Crixell and Dr. BJ Friedman in the Nutrition and Foods Program. 

Purpose

The purpose of Best Food FITS is to improve the health of children by reducing their risk for obesity.  The primary strategies are to:

          1.  Increase their intake of fruits and vegetables

          2.  Decrease their intake of sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) such as sodas, chocolate milk, fruit drinks, sweet tea, and other drinks that have added sugars.        

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