Children learn by example. Your good eating and exercise habits are doubly important when you have children.
These tips can help encourage your kids to eat right.
- Made sure there is always a good supply of fresh fruit and vegetables in the house.
- Select the low-fat* choices when eating fast food.
- Pack them a healthy lunch. Include something crisp, something chewy and something with color.
- Choose desserts that are low fat* and not loaded with sugar: fresh fruit, angel food cake, frozen fruit bars, low fat frozen yogurt or fat free pudding.
- Allow children to be involved in making meals from scratch.
To encourage kids to exercise, try some of the following.
- Make it a family affair and make it fun. Turn a walk into a treasure hunt. Make a list of items for a child to find or spot like a leaf, a white dog, find a stop sign, etc.
- Minimize the risk of children getting hurt by wearing safety equipment for the activity. Eg. helmets when biking or elbow pads when rollerskating.
- Make sure everyone is prepared for physical activity. Drink plenty of water, do warm up and cool down stretch and have fun!
- Restrict TV and or video game time to two hours a day or less.
- Exercise is fun!
*Children under the age of two need calories from fat for normal grouth and development, their diet should not be restricted in fat.
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