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It is very important not to place a child on a restrictive diet. Diets in the common sense actually never work. They are like patches to cover up holes on pants. Once you take of the patch, the hole is there again, The same happens when you put your overweight or obese child on a strict diet. The effect is, once finished the diet, the well known yo-yo effect put all the hard lost pounds back on the ribs!

We want to avoid that, that's the reason for this article. Keep reading the article and I will tell you what you can do to help your start taking over taught health choices.

Approach Your Kid Eating Healthy Using the Following Tips:

  • Do not force your kid to eat something he or she does not like; be a guide.

  • Give a wide variety of food choices. It is the best way your kid starts to make healthy food choices.

  • Another important thing is, because of the time rush we are living today, we also eat in a rush. Teach your kid to eat slowly and let him or her enjoy the meal.

  • Try to leave arguments you might have with your husband for after the meal and enjoy as many meals together as family. This way, your kid is even more willing to eat slowly and not willing to leave the table as soon as possible when eating in an unpleasant atmosphere.

  • The outcome might be that they might associate eating with stress what would be the opposite we want to accomplish.

  • Start involving your kid into the whole food process like shopping and cooking.

  • This way you learn about what your kid like and dislike, and at the same time you can start teaching him or her about nutritious food. Once a kid is getting the opportunity being part of the whole process, they are more willing to try food they said they do not like for various reason. Try it out!

  • Find a good way your kid starts automatically to drink water. This way it does not feel forced to drink something as boring. We all know the huge sugar amount of soda drinks.

  • It is one of the main reasons of obesity.

  • One big mistake many parents make is, they use food to punish a kid or reward it for something. For instance; do not send your kid to bed without food. Kids alarm sensor will tell them: "Hey, I do not get enough to eat, so I have to eat as much as possible with the next opportunity!" Because we all know how important vegetables are; do not tell your kid that he or she only gets dessert when eaten those. It raises the value of sweets, but decreases the the value of vegetables. In the kid's mind is another alarm against vegetables built which is hard to lose once built.

  • Rather prepare the food for school since the food he or she gets there is in most cases not balanced at all. This way you are in control and know that your kid is healthy balanced.


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