Do you have fussy eaters at home? Here are some smart techniques that will help you to teach healthy eating habits in your kids, which can improve their health in the long run.
- Be healthy role models. Children often mimic their parent's behavior. Try to eat together at the table as a family as often as possible.
- Make fruit popsicle's as this makes a healthy treat for the kids and provides the much needed anti-oxidant dose.
- Introduce vegetable soup and juices. This ensures incorporation of good amount of veggies in the diet.
- Keep healthy snacks handy. If the child refuses to eat anything other than junk food, don't worry. They will soon find there's not much point making a fuss if you don't react.
- Do not force the child to eat. Introduce new foods when the child is hungry.
- It's best not to use food as a reward. Your child may start to think of sweets as nice and vegetables as nasty.
- Combine the ingredients they do not like to eat with the one's they usually prefer eating. E.g. bottle gourd in bhaji.
- Grate vegetables in paratha's or in the idli/uttapam batter. This makes the meal colorful and visually appetizing as well as.
- Introduce one new food at a time. Kids are usually reluctant to try anything new but don't give up.
- Involve the child with cooking- tasks like squeezing fresh orange juice or cracking eggs are well within the capabilities of a young child. It's amazing how being involved in the planning and preparation of a meal can stimulate a child's appetite.
National Nutrition Week 2017
The aim of the national nutrition week is to motivate healthy eating practices and avoid the risk of disease, as well as, to stave off malnutrition.
The aim of the national nutrition week is to motivate healthy eating practices and avoid the risk of disease, as well as, to stave off malnutrition.
‘Introduce one new food at a time. Children are usually reluctant to try anything new, but parents don't have to give up on their kids.’
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