May Family Tips
- After a big meal, take a family walk and burn extra calories. It will also help you digest.
- Try not to forbid your child's favorite food. Teach children some foods are only "once in a while" foods.
- Help your kids eat healthier by stocking your pantry with healthy snacks high in fiber and vitamins but low in sugar and fat.
- 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!
- Talk to your child before ordering a meal and give them a choice of milk, 100% juice or water instead of soda.
- Make the backyard or front yard into an obstacle course and have a family race!
- Reward your child with attention and kind words, not food.
- Make a salad with dark green, leafy vegetables. It is another source of calcium.
- Fiber needs water to work!
- Try to arrange the fruit bowl so you have many different colors showing- make it a game.
- Parents are the most influential factor on their child's fitness.
- If you suspect a food allergy, have your child checked by a health care provider.
- Teach kids to read food labels and see what is really inside their foods by doing a scavenger hunt in the cupboards.
- Serve water when your child is thirsty.
- When children help create a meal, they often feel very proud and excited to taste it.
- Promote heart healthy foods that are low in saturated fats.
- High fiber diets are great to help maintain or lose weight for the whole family.
- Fruit juice should be limited to once a day.
- Exercise has even been proven to help kids sleep better and reduce stress.
- Introduce kids to games that teach them about being health.
- Serve your child smaller portion sizes at mealtime. They can always ask for more.
- Check out your local community recreation center for group classes for kids and adults.
- Look for cereals fortified in calcium
- Fresh squeezed orange juice is loaded with vitamin C and no extra sugar.
- Promote activity rather than exercise to kids.
- Make vegetables and fruits fun. Cut them in different shapes and let your child create faces before eating it.
- While canned fruits are a great source of vitamins and minerals, they are lower in fiber because they are missing their skin.
- Broccoli is a powerhouse green veggie!
- Stir fried, steamed, roasted or broiled dishes are healthier choices than battered or deep-fried.
- Choose and prepare foods with less salt. Most adults and children consume more sodium (salt) than their body needs.
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