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Look over the cafeteria menu with your child and recommend items that are healthier
Encourage your child to pack a lunch, at least occasionally.
Encourage your child to choose cafeteria meals that include fruits, vegetables, lean meats, and whole grains.
Go food shopping with your child and allow him to make his own healthy selections to bring to school.
While in the store, help your child to interpret the Nutrition Facts found on the packages of healthy and unhealthy food.
Model healthy eating at home such as replacing white bread with whole grain, whole milk with skim, fresh fruit snacks, replace soda with water or 100% fruit juice, and limit the processed foods to a minimum.
If you, as a parent, bring your lunch to work, elicit your child's help in choosing its contents.
So as not to make your child feel deprived of all the "good stuff", allow him to choose one snack per day that will satisfy his need for fun food. |