Health Tip: Help Children Eat Healthier

Want to get kids to eat healthy foods? Start with eating a healthier diet yourself.

The American Council on Exercise offers these additional suggestions for encouraging children to eat healthier:

• Eat together as a family as often as possible.
• Continue to offer healthy foods even if they have been rejected in the past.
• Let children choose their own portion sizes.
• Don't reward eating a healthy food with an unhealthy food.
• Don't pressure a child to eat.
• Don't cook a special meal for a child who refuses to eat what has been prepared.
• When you find a healthy food your child likes, looking for other healthy foods that are similar.