Get your children to eat healthy food
Our kids may get older, but the desire to spend time with them never really goes away. Use these tips to make your family mealtime an enriching experience.
-Have a variety of good-for-you snacks on hand for everyone to choose from. -Set a good example, by eating smart yourself. -Don't turn dinnertime into a "food fight". Make healthy eating a non-negotiable part of your day. -Let your kids help choose, cook and serve meals. They're more likely to eat healthy if they feel like they've had a say.
These are great ways to incorporate healthy eating into family life, but it's not easy to do it when everyone is so busy and cheap fast food is so widely available. Here are some methods by which you can bring the above strategies into your daily routine.
Kids that eat with their families have been found to be:
-healthier eaters by nature, and much less prone to overindulging on fried and sweet foods -a lot less likely to smoke marijuana or use other drugs, or to drink alcohol
When kids eat with their parents, they are more likely to try new foods, and their parents are modeling healthy choices. Teens, however, are independent by nature and they probably will be less than enthusiastic about a family dinner.They still need their parents' advice and discipline, and using dinnertime as a chance to reinforce the rules is a good idea. Try these tips:
-Invite your teen's friends over for a cookout. -Give them a say in what your family buys, cooks, and eats.
Have a nutritious meal when everyone is home, even if you have to order in to do it. If your family has a busy schedule like most, you might have to adapt a little. It could be as simple as pushing dinner back by an hour or two, or maybe going for Chinese food on Tuesdays. - 17274
-Have a variety of good-for-you snacks on hand for everyone to choose from. -Set a good example, by eating smart yourself. -Don't turn dinnertime into a "food fight". Make healthy eating a non-negotiable part of your day. -Let your kids help choose, cook and serve meals. They're more likely to eat healthy if they feel like they've had a say.
These are great ways to incorporate healthy eating into family life, but it's not easy to do it when everyone is so busy and cheap fast food is so widely available. Here are some methods by which you can bring the above strategies into your daily routine.
Kids that eat with their families have been found to be:
-healthier eaters by nature, and much less prone to overindulging on fried and sweet foods -a lot less likely to smoke marijuana or use other drugs, or to drink alcohol
When kids eat with their parents, they are more likely to try new foods, and their parents are modeling healthy choices. Teens, however, are independent by nature and they probably will be less than enthusiastic about a family dinner.They still need their parents' advice and discipline, and using dinnertime as a chance to reinforce the rules is a good idea. Try these tips:
-Invite your teen's friends over for a cookout. -Give them a say in what your family buys, cooks, and eats.
Have a nutritious meal when everyone is home, even if you have to order in to do it. If your family has a busy schedule like most, you might have to adapt a little. It could be as simple as pushing dinner back by an hour or two, or maybe going for Chinese food on Tuesdays. - 17274
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