Ways to Encourage Childrens' Healthy Eating Habits
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1. Set a good example by eating a healthy diet yourself.
2. Provide a balanced diet with a variety of tasty and nutritious foods.
3. Avoid using food as a reward, and encourage healthy snacks.
4. Have healthy snacks available, and offer them to your children at appropriate times, such as mid-morning when they're home and in the afternoon after school.
5. Get kids involved in shopping and cooking.
6. Help children grow fresh food in a garden or planter box.
7. Organize your refrigerator and cupboards so that kids can get the right stuff for them.
8. Avoid the riskiest food additives--artificial colors, aspartame, BHT, MSG and excess sugar.
9. Look out for allergies and food reactions.
10. Ask your health practitioner about a quality children's multi-vitamin/mineral (without additives and artificial colorings), as well as a little extra vitamin C, calcium, or any other appropriate children's supplement.
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