{"id":23439,"date":"2025-09-19T17:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=23439"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T21:53:23","slug":"encouraging-children-to-become-healthy-eaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/encouraging-children-to-become-healthy-eaters\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging Children to Become Healthy Eaters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you want your children to become healthy eaters, the adults in the family will want to set the pace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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If you\u2019re a parent, you want your children to be healthy.<\/p>\n

To accomplish this goal, you encourage them to be active, avoid too many fatty and sweet foods, take baths and wash their hands. However, you may have a picky eater.<\/p>\n

Here are some do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of encouraging children to become healthy eaters.<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not unusual for children to have bad diets, unfortunately. When they\u2019re little and we can control what they eat, we can ensure they\u2019re eating healthy foods.<\/p>\n

As they grow up, however, they develop their own tastes as far as food is concerned. They may only like to eat macaroni and cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.<\/p>\n

How do you get them to eat fruits and vegetables, too?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Children learn by example in almost everything. If they see parents, siblings, and friends eating potato chips and drinking soft drinks, they\u2019ll want to eat those as well.<\/p>\n

The reverse is true; if they see everyone eating fresh fruits and vegetables they\u2019ll be more likely to follow suit. So, if you want your children to become healthy eaters, the adults in the family will want to set the pace.<\/p>\n

Tips to help your child learn healthy eating habits<\/h3>\n
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  1. Offer your child healthy foods for snacks. Rather than giving them cookies or candy for a snack, offer fresh fruit like apples, oranges, or grapes, depending upon your child\u2019s age. If you don\u2019t have junk food in your home, your child won\u2019t learn to eat it.<\/li>\n
  2. Experts say to offer your child a new food at least twenty times before they\u2019ll eat it. If you\u2019re introducing a new food, put just a bite on their plate. Ask them to taste it; if they don\u2019t want to try it immediately, don\u2019t push them. Each meal you serve that food, continue to put a bite on their plate and ask them to taste it. Before too long they\u2019ll do at least that.<\/li>\n
  3. Be sure you\u2019re not introducing too many new foods at once. In fact, it\u2019s better if you only introduce one new food at a time until your child starts eating it. This means that if you\u2019re trying to get your child to eat peas, wait until you\u2019ve had success with those before you introduce Brussels sprouts.<\/li>\n
  4. If the food is on their plate, let them play with the food. They may roll the food around on their plate, make faces in it by putting other food into it, or some other creative idea. If you allow them to play with the food, it won\u2019t seem so intimidating.<\/li>\n
  5. Even though you might be tempted, don\u2019t hide vegetables in something you fix. This might backfire on you. Although your intention to get your child to eat vegetables is good, they may decide to stop eating whatever you\u2019ve hidden the vegetables in from now on.<\/li>\n
  6. Your own parents probably made you finish everything on your plate \u201cbecause there are poor, malnourished children all over the world.\u201d You don\u2019t have to follow in your parent\u2019s eating style. If your child doesn\u2019t want to eat anymore, don\u2019t make them finish their plate.<\/li>\n
  7. Give them what they like, to a point. If they like eating hot dogs, look for ones that have lower fat content. If they want ice cream buy the single serving sizes so they won\u2019t be tempted to eat more than they need.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It\u2019s not easy having a child who\u2019s a picky eater, but you can survive it. Follow these do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of encouraging children to become healthy eaters. It may not happen overnight, but if you\u2019re persistent it will happen.<\/p>\n

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    This broad field of children\u2019s health includes psychological issues surrounding mood, behavior, learning, and concentration, as well as physical areas such as appetite, bedwetting, fever, sleep, chicken pox, tantrums, weight loss, and more.<\/p>\n

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