Food is power! Using SNAC in your home shows kids that food can fuel their bodies. Take action with your kid's nutrition and head off unhealthy habits early.

SNAC-Smart Nutritional Action Cards

SNAC is a system of colorful, informative cards designed to help you talk with your children about the power of positive food choices. Your child will find that the informative SNAC system is fun too.

SNAC offers information about foods that provide optimal energy and clear thinking. We present this information in fun ways, using terms readily understood by kids. For instance, instead of presenting food groups as carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, SNAC categorizes foods as Brain, Muscle, and Mover Foods. Parents who have used the SNAC system soon find their kids asking for a "Muscle" or "Mover" food instead of the junk food they had been craving. The SNAC system is easy and it works!

Each of the three Master Cards (Muscle, Brain, Mover) includes a list of healthy foods for each group, their nutritional content, and easily understood information about the food's function in the body. They also contain helpful, visual aids to help you and your child determine portion size. The set includes one Wonderful Water card to help your child drink more water and one Sludge Card (sugar, transfat, hydrogenated or partial hydrogenated oils) describing the bad effects of eating junk food.

Oceanside Unified School District Featured in People Magazine

Congratulations to the Oceanside Unified School District for their story in People Magazine "A School Lunch to Love". It's amazing that with the current school budget, a dedicated staff and parent involvement, that children can have healthy, good-tasting food that makes them feel good and perform better. We are changing nutrition for kids one meal at a time!