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Healthy Diet
As fast food has become the main diet of many
children, and the rise of obesity in children, the problem many
parents face is how to stop their children eating a fast food diet?
If you have let your children dominate what your family can eat then
it is time to take your role back as a parent and tell them what
they can eat.
Children, who have never eaten a dinner, will not choose to eat one
now. They will want food that they know and enjoy. As you change
their diet you might have a few battles to contend with, but if you
keep persevering then you will win the battle.
Don’t tell them they have to eat this meal or that food without
giving them a reason why they should. Explain that sugars and fats
are bad for their health. If they know an adult who has bad health
because of their eating habits, explain that you are trying to save
them from the same problems.
Make then foods they recognise and love. Make your own pizza and add
some vegetables into the topping. Or you could make your own
burgers, using some meat and some lentils. Chop into it onions and
mushrooms, and cook them in very little oil. Buy burger buns and
then make your own fries by baking them with a little oil in the
oven.
If you can buy fruit in season when it is a good price, make a puree
out of it. Add very light sugar syrup to it and then put it into
lollipop moulds. Freeze it and when your child wants a lollipop give
them one you made. You can also freeze the whole of the mixture,
checking on it a couple of times, forking the whole mixture to break
it into ice. This is a wonderful desert for both children and adults
especially in summer when something cold is wanted.
Try and experiment with different foods and textures and soon you
will learn how to get your children to eat a healthy diet.
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