How Do You Get Children To Eat Healthy Foods?
• Figure out the reason why he does not want to eat fruits, vegetables, or other healthy food. He may not like the taste of them, or simply prefer to eat unhealthy foods such as fast-foods • Show children what is in processed foods. If they know how much sugar and fat they are consuming, they will be less likely to want to continue eating it. Teach them to read ingredients’ lists and recognize the unhealthy and disgusting components. However, if the children are very young, they may need your help explaining what all of the nutrition facts mean. • Get them involved. If you force your child to eat healthy at home when they really don’t want to, they aren’t going to continue these healthy eating habits at school or at a friend’s house. It’s important to make children want to eat healthy instead of forcing it upon them. • Let them pick out foods from the vegetable and fruit section. If children pick up the types of healthy foods they like to eat, then they will be more wanting to eat them
