Key Steps To Helping Your Child Eat Healthier
Eating healthy nutrient dense foods is very important and a key strategy for helping overweight children lose weight.
These are basic guidelines that will help your child eat healthier foods.
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Your child can be influenced by your eating habits. By eating a healthy diet yourself, you are encouraging positive behavior in your child and helping your child to keep a healthy weight.
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When buying groceries, choose fresh foods especially fruits and vegetables. Convenience foods, such as pre-made meals, cookies, and crackers are often high in sugar, sodium, and fat
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Sit down together for family meals at least once a day.
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Control portion sizes. Be aware of the appropriate amount of food your child needs now and how the guidelines change as your child grows older.
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Limit sweetened beverages, including those containing fruit juice.
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Limit the number of times you eat out at restaurants. Many of the menu choices are high in fat, sodium, and calories.
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