Aerobics - Friday, November 7, 2008 10:02 - 0 Comments

Eat Your Fruits and Veggies

While there are children who do like vegetables, most of the children I know would rather eat candy, hot dogs, and frozen burritos rather than fruits and vegetables. Because of this, it is difficult to get children to make good choices about their food. Quick, high calorie foods come in shiny, bright packages and are advertised in a way to make them appealing for children. In this day of high child obesity it is important to get children to make good decisions about good food.

How can you incorporate a balanced diet that includes fruits and vegetables into your child’s diet when every other ad they see is for something that is not good for them?

There are many prepackaged healthy food options for fruits and vegetables that your child will like. Carrots and broccoli come in single serving sizes with peanut butter or ranch dressing to spice it up. Dipping food may be an option the child likes. Ask your child which types of fruits and vegetables they prefer because one child might like dipping celery in peanut butter but another child would rather eat carrots and ranch.

Ask your child which types of fruits and vegetables they prefer because one child might like dipping celery in peanut butter but another child would rather eat carrots and ranch.

Keep your children involved in making decisions about what they eat by trying new ways to prepare their food. Children’s recipe books not only make cooking food, they incorporate ways to have your children help with the cookies. By helping with the food preparation, kids are more likely to eat their fruits and vegetables because they took the time to make the meal or snack.

Another option to help children eat fruits and vegetables is to get them in the kitchen with you to find new exciting ways to prepare the food. A fruit salad is an easy way to get kids to eat fruit and it can be a fun way to prepare fruit together. You can cut the fruit into shapes or sprinkle cinnamon or use non-fat whipped cream to help entice children to eat fruit. You can do the same thing with vegetables.

Fruits and Vegetables - A Healthy Choice

It does not take a lot of time or effort to help your child get a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables into their diet. Options are key and making your child in charge of the types of fruits and vegetables they will eat helps as well.