10 Ways to Increase Healthy Eating for Kids -- The best way to improve nutrition in children is to provide a foods with balanced nutrition at home. To start it, that is needed is a way make healthy food choices and help your child build a good relationship with healthy food. The easiest is the children will imitate their lifestyle and healthy eating from her parents.
Listed below are some tips to help establish healthy eating patterns in children:
Do not restrict food in children. Limit the amount and types of food can increase the risk of eating disorders in children such as bulimia and anorexia as a teenager later. Another effect is the growth and development of the disorders.
Provide healthy food in your home. The children will eat the food available in the house. Put the fruit on the counter as a snacks, do not be in the corner of the refrigerator. Please bring snack apple or orange as your own. Provide an example would be much more effective than simply advising them with words. Remember, children will only eat food that is available at home.
Do not label foods with the word 'good' or 'evil'. Instead, Instill in your child's understanding of the content of the food. Such as the calcium contained in milk and fish is very good for the development of bones and teeth, where the bones which good meant child can actively play or exercising. Trans-fat produced by fried foods (deep fried) can cause an increase in cholesterol that can lead to obesity and heart disease so that children can not play freely. Connect the one between meals with sports activities or children's play
Appreciate healthy food choices by children. Give a smile and praise when they choose healthy foods.
Never give food as gifts
Never give food as gifts. This can cause the child to become obese or suffer from overweight problems. Give children rewards such as roads or toys.
Get used to eating dinner together
Get used to eat dinner together. The tradition of eating dinner together according to research provide better nutrition for Child's and reduce the possibility of problems in the adolescent stage.
Provide each plate at meal time
Provide each plate at meal time. The aim is that you can provide adequate and healthy amount on each plate (father, Child's). Your child will learn to recognize the proportional amount or enough for their nutrition.
Give your child control
Give your child control. Encourage your child to give the value (0-10) of each food on the table after tasting it. If healthy type of food, especially vegetable, get a high value, give compliments on them and give them more vegetable.
Do the unhealthy food choices
Do the unhealthy food choices. If Child's want unhealthy foods can safely be ignored. Or you can give them a more healthy meal replacement. Example if you wanting Child's of fried chicken, you can made the grilled chicken. If your child wanting fries, you can made the a baked potato with tomatoes gravy, the broccoli, and meat.
Consultation to the pediatrician
Child's health care provider about your child. Will Talk when the making changes in your child dietary, do not judge a your child is is too thin or fat by your own.
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