How to Make Kids love healthy food

How to Make Kids love healthy food

Making eating healthy food a loving experience for child is endeavor of every parent. Like all other habits foundation of food habits is laid early in life. Kids tend to follow food habits, tastes and likes of parents quite often. By taking the charge in your hands you can shape your kids food habits to be healthy one through life. Here is how to start?

• Talk about healthy food with excitement – Talk about uniqueness of the food you have made. It can be eggs, carrots, green leafs, potatoes, fish. Talk about variety and how it can made to taste different and has different names

• Engage kids in making process - Start involving kids in food making and getting the table ready. Let them understand the ingredients, taste, color etc. Toddlers love the fact that salt and sugar are both white but taste so different.  Take kids for shopping trips to the grocery store, fruit market to keep them involved.

• Table Habits -It is healthy and a good family time if you eat dinner at dining table. Kids seen and learn about sharing the food as well

• Parents are role model – when kids arrive we model our lives around kids so why not eating habits. What kids see is what they follow. Help yourself with good healthy food habits and kids will follow. This includes minimizing eating out, ready to eat meals, packaged food and preferring more of fresh foods. 

•     Books, games and fun – Take kids for fun outing to a farmhouse ,get story books about food especially the ones regarding are favorite fruit and vegetables are common ones. Color of food and shape of food are also popular ones.

•     Breakfast – After the hours of no food at night  before getting to school kids need energy filled breakfast. Ensure the breakfast is balanced and wholesome, must have protein, some healthy fats, carb and vitamins and minerals.      

•     Try new foods – Try new Vegetables and fruits. Eating the same food may not keep kids excited. Try new recipes, a new look can make kids really love food.  Give a little touch of sauce, jam, jelly or yoghurt dressing to make if kids like it    

•     Make kids love nature – watch science shows with kids , start a family garden here are few more tips on raising kids to love nature   

    Also remember to give kids treat and let them have their favorite food once in a while. Helps Kids be open about about food but stick to natural food and this will help with eating healthy. 

Also do read my post regarding Brain food for kids  

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