One of the most common problems mothers face, is getting their child to eat healthy food. It is almost a battle of sorts between you and your child! Here we have outlined a few solutions for the fussy eaters in almost every family.

1. How to win
the food
fight?
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2. Familiar??

3. Stay calm.

4. Know your job.

5. You decide what
to eat
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6. Offer a variety of healthy foods
 If food from one food
group is refused try
another from the
same food group.

7. Set a good example
 Your child will not eat
something if you do not eat
it.

8. Increase the nutritional value of
each dish
 Tip: Sneak greens, sprouts
and vegetables in all their
favourite dishes

9. You decide when to eat
Serve regular
meals and
snacks
Stick to a
routine
Offer water
when child is
thirsty
between
meals
Let your child
eat only at
meal and
snack times

10. You decide where to eat
Have your child sit
at the table
Make meal time
family time
Minimize
distractions like TV

11. Concentrate only on your
job.
What to eat?
When to eat?
Where to eat?
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12. This is not your job
Force your
child to eat
Use food
as a
reward
Make a
separate
meal for
your child
Lose your
cool at the
table

13. Some tips
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14. Offer praise for eating even little

15. Have consistent approach by all
family members

16. Ensure child gets physical activity

17. How to offer new foods?
At the
beginning of
the meal
Small
portions
Only one
new food at
a time
Many times
(10-15 times
over a long
period)

18. Your child’s job
how much to
eat
what to eat
from the food
you offer
if he/she will
eat
Decide

19. Let your child do his/her
job.
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20. Happy meal times!
Source:
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/healthy-living/nutrition/Pages/How-To-Please-Fussy-Eaters.aspx
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/childrens-health/HQ01107
http://doctor.ndtv.com/topicdetails/ndtv/tid/376/Fussy_eaters.html
http://www.northsomerset.nhs.uk/PublicHealth/Healthy%20Eating/Maternal_Child_Nutrition_Guidelines_NS_4.pdf
http://www.ndhealth.gov/wic/publications/439922_Parents%20Provide%20Kids%20Decide.pdf
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