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Child Nutrition Tips for Parents
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We want to help their children grow to be happy and
healthy adults. With childhood obesity on the rise, it is
important, now more than ever, to ensure our kids are
receiving a proper nutrition. The earlier your kids starts, the
better! Kids are naturally great copycats and if they see their
parents eating healthy foods they will copy you!
Tips for Families
• Make half your grains
whole
This resource is designed to help parents feed nutritious
meals to their kids, specifically three to five year old
children. You will find nutrition information, recipes, and
activities that you can do in and out of the kitchen to get
kids to eat healthy.
• Vary your veggies
Akiah Gipson, Creator
• Establish a routine
This resource contains information and elements created and by USDA
Team Nutrition ,PBSParents ,and Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition
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• Focus on fruits.
• Don’t sugarcoat it
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The United States Department of
Agriculture's MyPyramid for Kids
emphasizes messages such as “choose
healthier foods from each food group”
and “eat foods from every food group
every day.”
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Healthy Habits,
Parents should strive to maintain healthy habit in their home. Click play to learn more
about health habits that you can incorporate in your about.
Avoid praising a clean
plate. Your child should
stop eating when he or
she is full, rather than
when the plate is clean.
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Benefit
Take fruits and
veggies with you
Avoid praising a
clean plate
Helping your child
learn about food
Your child learns to
make healthy
choices on the run
Follow a Meal
and Snack
Schedule
Add different
ingredients to your
typical salads
Help your
preschooler learn
structure for eating
Help your child
know when
they've had
enough
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benefit to test your knowledge.
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Recipes
The Recipes for Healthy Kids Competition (the “Challenge”), is an initiative of Let’s
Move! with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). You can find a
lot a great ideas for meals that kids and parent can enjoy. Check out the website:
http://www.recipesforkidschallenge.com Here are a few of my favorite. Mouse over an
item to view the recipe.
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Fun Activities:
Here are some great activities that you can use to encourage your child about healthy
nutrition habits . Click next to scroll through the printable activities.
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Source: http://teamnutrition.usda.gov
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