TV ads for junk food make it hard for kids to eat healthy. JUNK food has low nutrition, lots of calories from sugar/fat, and harmful ingredients. It tastes good because of additives, flavor enhancers, and high sugar/fat. We can't ban it completely, but as parents, we can help kids limit it and choose healthier options. Keep reading to learn here.
Ways you can help your child make food choices
Here are some ways you can help your child make food choices:
- Play story by garish expressions in food dishes
- Disguise the taste of healthier foods
- Add dazzling names to food. Cool names when given to dishes can be interesting and make children want to eat more than the good ones. For example- Delicious treetops (broccoli), Strong punch (spinach), 20/20 Vision (carrot), and many other names of your choice.
- Eating out with Family meals offers an opportunity to catch up on your children's daily lives.
Some Options Which Can Benefit
- Feeding Tandoori is healthier than fried food as long as you avoid burnt food by skipping or limiting oil from cooking.
- Italian food such as whole-grain pasta or healthier Italian salad dressing containing balsamic vinegar, basil, black pepper, lemon juice, and olive oil, and whole-wheat base pizza with plenty of vegetables. You need to pay attention to the sauce and seasoning.
- Chinese/Japanese cuisine such as sweet corn, mixed vegetables, carrot beans, and more.
- Thai dishes such as raw papaya salad is a great choice to start a Thai dish. Also, Dishes marked as crunchy hint they are fried, try to skip them.
