Eat protein foodsProtein foods, including plant-based protein foods, are an important part of healthy eating. Include foods such as beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, lean meats and poultry, fish, shellfish, eggs, lower fat milk and lower fat dairy products.What to do about picky eating:
Offer several healthy food choices - among the food the child does like - at each meal
Track the child's food sensitivities and keep them in mind when preparing meals
Think about texture, flavors, colors etc.
Gently but frequently offer new kinds of food
DID YOU KNOW? Children need to be offered a new food as many as 10-15 times before they may be comfortable to try it
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Healthy Eating at Early Learning & Childcare Centres: Click Here for more information to help you develop resources and tools to support healthy eating environments for young children.
Supporting Positive Mealtimes: Click Here to Learn more about how you can support positive mealtimes
Healthy Eating for Children in the Dayhome: Read or print out the poster below for more tips for healthy eating for children in the Dayhome.
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