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There are over 15 fifteen holidays throughout the year that your family and child may celebrate.
Holidays don't have to be a time for poor nutrition and activity. In fact, with just a little additions or modifications to your holiday, it can be a very healthy and active time for the whole famil!.
Here is a list of our healthy holiday tips that
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provide suggestions on how to be active during the holiday
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provide suggestions on healthier holiday meal choices
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offer practical ideas on how to help your child make healthier choices during holiday time
List of Tips For Kids And Families To Promote A Fun, Healthy Holiday Year Round
- Happy Valentine's Day. Be good to your heart today by enjoying a physical activity together as a family after dinner.
- Have the kids help plan a “lucky” menu full of greens for St Patricks Day.
- It's April Fools Day. You can play a fun trick on your kids; serve dessert for dinner and dinner for dessert.
- Teacher's Appreciation Day. Thank your child's teachers for all the work they do to help your child learn about healthy habits.
- Celebrating Cinco de Mayo! Try whole beans for added fiber, avocado for healthy oils and salsa for low calorie seasoning!
- Celebrate Father's Day with a healthy but fun outdoor picnic.
- To get rid of the Halloween candy, offer your kids a fun outing by taking the bag of sweets to your local fire department.
- Instead of candy, try non-sugared Halloween treats this year.
- Prepare for a healthy Halloween by discussing some candy guidelines.
- Add a few extra fruits and vegetables to those holiday recipes and increase the vitamins and minerals your child will be eating.
- At a party or holiday event, indulge in your one favorite food. Take small portions of everything else.
- Try eating meatless meals on Mondays this December.
- Keep your teeth extra happy this holiday and remember to brush them after meals.
- Kids can take up to 12 times of exposure to a certain food before they will try it.
- Help your kids write a letter to Santa and mail it to the North Pole. Use our fun holiday fruits and vegetables stationary!
- Mrs Claus always makes a healthy breakfast for Santa. Start your child's day with a healthy breakfast with foods from at least 4 of the food groups.
- Go to the grocery store or farmers market and pick out a new red or green fruit and vegetable to try for this year's holiday meal.
- Reindeers love to eat lots of orange vegetables like carrots. It helps them see at night. Add an orange vegetable to your child's lunch or dinner!
- Are you baking some special holiday sweets? Try adding some raisins, nuts or bran for a healthier treat.
- Decorate your plate with the color of Christmas, add lots of green and red vegetables.
- Teach kids to enjoy their Christmas cookies with a glass of low-fat or nonfat milk.
- Remind kids that a healthy holiday meal includes food from all the food groups!
Merry Christmas!
- Careful with the eggnog. 1 cup can be almost 350 calories. If your kids love this holiday drink, check the food labels for low calorie eggnog
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