If changing eating habits were easy, everyone would be fit and healthy. One key to making lasting improvements is to make changes in stages. Start with something simple and stick to it for a week. After your family has mastered one change, add another.<\/p>\n
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Some Ideas to Get You Started<\/strong><\/p>\n Set the Example Offer healthy snacks such as fruit, low-fat cottage cheese or yoghurt, frozen juice bars, applesauce, celery or apples and peanut butter, raw vegetables, fig bars and low-fat cheese. Large portions mean too many calories. A snack for a typical adult may be a container of yoghurt, but for a small child, two or three tablespoons of yoghurt is about right.<\/p>\n Make Eating an Enjoyable Activity for the Whole Family Some healthy eating tips include the following:<\/p>\n Healthy Food Tips When Eating Out<\/strong><\/p>\n If changing eating habits were easy, everyone would be fit and healthy. One key to making lasting improvements is to make changes in stages. Start with something simple and stick to it for a week. After your family has mastered one change, add another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interests","no-content-parts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
\n<\/strong>Parents play a big role in guiding their children’s eating habits by the examples they set, the foods they make available in the home and the mealtime experiences they create for their families.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Family meals can be a time to monitor what children are eating and reconnect with each other. Involve children in food preparation and clean-up, and sit down with children when they eat. The idea is to build healthy lifelong eating habits.<\/p>\n\n
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