BuyCostumes.com has recently received a mention on the fitnhealthyschools.org website in an article on choosing healthy options for party food. The mention was welcomed greatly by BuyCostumes, who wanted to make sure that they fit in with what current popular culture is. Thanks to this recent mention, it is clear that they want to enable people to make the right choices for their parties, not just in terms of the decorations they choose, but also in terms of their overall life choices.

It is a well-known fact that party food is all about snacks and tasty treats. Unfortunately, this means people tend to choose options such as pizzas, small cakes and other foods that are full of saturated fats and high levels of sugar. More often than not, particularly at children's parties, parents will also choose to have a few carrot sticks, grapes and cherry tomatoes, but these tend to not get eaten. Indeed, when faced with the choice between a piece of cake and a grape, children will almost automatically go towards the cake.

This problem exists not just with children's parties, however, although it is probably most visible there. Parties for adults follow the same suit, be they weddings or birthdays or any other type of party. The focus seems to be on taste, rather than health.

"We are being conditioned into believing that healthy food isn't tasty", explains Dr. Sonja Harper, dietician and nutrition expert. "We seem to fail to understand that healthy food goes well beyond carrot sticks and little pieces of fruit, but that it can include incredibly delicious things as well."

It is also a well-known fact that presentation is incredibly important. If a healthy option is placed on fun plates, arranged in a manner that is perhaps beautiful (such as a tomato sliced as a rose) or entertaining (such as a Very Hungry Caterpillar), it is far more likely that the food actually gets eaten. This is where BuyCostumes gets in, as they are able to help make sure that the decoration around the food is as good as it possibly can be me, helping people eat the healthier options with glee.

The Fitnhealthyschools.org article highlights a number of ideas that allow people to make healthier choices. It focuses not solely on food that is completely healthy, but also on the increasing number of people that make different dietary lifestyle choices, such as vegans, the lactose intolerant and those who need to remove gluten from their diet. Further information on these pointers can be found here, where the link to BuyCostumes.com is included. Thanks to Buy Costumes, people are now able to have a healthy party, but in a way that isn't boring for others.