Nutritious Meals for Kids
Healthy kids live healthy lives. Teach your child to eat healthy now and your positive influence will affect the rest of his life. Follow the guidelines of the updated United States Department of Agriculture (ASDA) food pyramid to a healthier and happier life. Every step you take to teach your child about nutritious meals is a step forward for both of you.
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Function
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Nutritious meals for kids provide the vitamins, nutrients and mineral needed to meet the daily dietary guidelines for children
Time Frame
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Children use a lot of energy, providing quality meals and snacks through-out the day will prevent energy highs and lows. A healthy daily diet for kids should include three meals and two healthy snacks.
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Benefits
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Nutritious meals for kids provide energy, maintain a high level of concentration, increased brain power and a healthy lifespan.
Features
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Teach your child to "eat a rainbow" of colorful fruits and vegetables and to follow the rainbow of colorful guidelines explained on the food pyramid. Limit the amount of sugars in your child's diet. Encourage drinking lots of water and limit juice intake. Most important is that you practice what you preach so that your children learn by watching what you do as well as listening to the words you say.
Warning
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"Childhood obesity is a major public health problem," according to Cecil B. Wilson, MD, AMA Board Chair. "Overweight children tend to have health problems more commonly found in adults, such as diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure." Providing nutritious meals for your kids, modeling the desired healthy behaviours and working together to live a healthier lifestyle will help prevent obesity from becoming a concern for your child.
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