How Can Parents Teach Their Children about Healthy Food?

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How Can Parents Teach Their Children about
Healthy Food?

• Taylor Green 26th August 2016

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Be the Source of Inspiration

• If youre regularly lying on a sofa with a large
  hamburger in your hand, you cant convincingly
  teach your children healthy eating habits.
  Children learn by observing your activities, so
  you can influence how they feel about eating for
  better or worse. In eating, as in all things, you
  need to be their role model.
• If your kids see you eating veggies and doing
  regular workouts, they will become self-motivated
  to do the same. You can also explain to them the
  benefits of eating a balanced diet and getting
  proper exercise. In these ways, you convey
  successfully that good health is important.

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Make it a Fun

• You dont need to give long lectures on the
  importance of nutrients in food. Instead,
  accomplish the same thing in a fun way so that
  your child grasps it easily. Play various games
  with them for example, offer a carrot or a bite
  of broccoli as the reward in a treasure hunt.
• The ever growing digital world has made the job
  easier for you! There are many mobile phone games
  that encourage children to enjoy healthy food.

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Involve Them

• The next time you go to the grocery store, take
  your kids with you. Introduce them to various
  fruits and vegetables and explain why they are
  important. This will evoke their curiosity, and
  they may ask you to prepare the foods theyve
  learned about for a meal. Let the children choose
  which vegetable they want to have for dinner.
  Taking part in the purchasing decision inspires a
  sense of pride, increasing their interest in
  trying healthy food.
• You can even ask for their company while cooking
  the food! Kids are more likely to eat meals that
  they have helped prepare.

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Buy a Variety of Healthy Food

• Develop the habit of shopping together for
  healthy food because your children will more
  likely eat what they help you buy. Then make
  those items accessible to the kids by putting
  them in the refrigerator to replace sugary drinks
  and snacks. When kids have healthy food around to
  satisfy their hunger, they wont crave those
  large slices of pizza or handfuls of chips.

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Try Some New Recipes

• You can make delicious recipes of the veggies and
  fruit customarily avoided by your kids. It is an
  effective way to encourage them to eat nutritious
  food. For example, if your children dislike
  oatmeal, you can make it interesting to them by
  baking it with a topping of nuts and raisins.
  Serve veggies and fruit to them in salads with
  eye-appealing garnishes.
• Explore your creativity by making funny faces
  with ketchup. You can also replace their greasy
  chips and candy bars with almonds, walnuts and
  other nut-oreinted snacks.

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