The document provides 10 key tips for establishing healthy eating habits in children: 1) Adults control the food available; 2) Children can choose what to eat from the options provided; 3) Do not force children to clean their plates; 4) Establish food preferences from a young age by offering variety; 5) Expand children's menus beyond junk food; 6) Limit sugary drinks and choose water and milk instead; 7) Make sweets an occasional treat rather than the focus of meals; 8) Do not use food as a reward or sign of affection; 9) Be a role model by eating healthy yourself; 10) Encourage physical activity along with healthy nutrition.
4. 1. Adults control the supply lines . You decide which foods to buy and when to serve them.
5. 2. From the foods you offer, kids get to choose what they will eat or whether to eat at all. Children need to have some say in the matter. This may seem like a little too much freedom. But if you follow step 1, the children will be choosing only from the foods you decided to buy and serve.
6. 3. Quit the "clean-plate club." Let kids stop eating when they feel they've had enough.
7. 4. Start them young . Food preferences are developed early in life, so offer a variety of foods.
8. 5. Rewrite the kids' menu . Who says kids only want to eat hot dogs, pizza, burgers, and macaroni and cheese?
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10. 7. Put sweets in their place . Occasional sweets are fine, but don't turn dessert into the main reason for eating a meal.
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12. 9. Kids do as you do . Be a role model and eat healthy yourself.
13. 10. Encourage activity. This with healthy meals and snacks will support healthy children!
