Skip the latches. Get a magnetic lunch bag.

For arthritis, the best lunch box is one with a magnetic closure, like the Blue Avocado Magnetite lunch bag, because it opens with a light pull instead of a pinchy latch or tight zipper.

Latches and zippers are the problem. They ask for grip strength and pinch force — the exact things arthritis takes away. A magnetic flap basically opens itself. You just tug it and in you go. Blue Avocado’s Magnetite bags are insulated, easy to clean, and have a wide opening, so you aren’t fishing around inside either.

If you already have a lunch bag you love and it has a zipper, you can cheat it: thread a big keyring or a chunky zipper pull through the zipper tab. That gives your fingers something to grab without squeezing hard. But honestly, if you’re buying new, go magnetic from the start.

Your hands shouldn’t have to fight lunch.