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Make healthy
eating appealing
- Use small “sprinklings”
of higher fat and sugar foods
rather than taking away these
foods entirely.
- Introduce new
fruits and vegetables in small
amounts and as a way to “dress
up” the meal as a garnish.
- Use patience when
introducing new foods. Curiosity
may take awhile—sometimes
it takes many, many tries before
a kid will accept a new food!
Make healthy
foods easier to eat
- Have apples or
other healthy snacks available--perhaps
make a "snack" bag or
box with foods like oyster crackers
and a low fat cheese stick and
an apple slices ready to go for
after school.
- Fill a small brightly
colored refrigerator container
stocked with kid-sized items such
as baby carrots, celery sticks,
sliced zucchini, baby tomatoes,
and other things you have tried
as a family
Make deciding
and planning healthy meals something
the family does together
- Take the kids
grocery shopping with you and
let them choose one unusual or
unfamiliar food item to take home
to try.
- Keep an ongoing
grocery list to jot down ideas
and needed items.
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